New garbabe collection schedule, what do you think? collection, schedule, garbage, think

fibbi

唔知有無老友記喺Vancouver住Railey Park ／ Sunset district？個garbage schedule會實驗性地執行每兩個禮拜先收一次垃圾，同埋啲廚餘要倒落個yard trimming bin到，yard trimming就變成每個禮拜收一次。
Details here:
http://vancouver.ca/engsvcs/solidwaste/garbage/collectsched.htm

我唔係唔讚成環保，但係要將啲廚餘倒落yard trimming bin，唔係吓話？你以為嗰個係composite box咩？仲有，就算無廚餘嘅垃圾，唔代表一定無味個喎(e.g. diapers)？冬天就話嗟，夏天又點？直情係會帶嚟衛生問題！唔知大家點睇？

嘉嘉

not living in that area....
but are they just trying to cut cost by collecting every two weeks..........?

yeah..........cant imagine that in the summer

peter236

There will be more rats running around your place.

pkphilip

That's not 100% true, Richmond is running the green bin program and it's good. It significantly reduced the amount of solid waste in my house for at least 30%. The organic waste will be used for compost so it is good for everyone.

If you use a separate, lockable container, it should not smell.

Philip

elan7e

Buy another freezer for 廚餘 only. Wrapped by newspaper before placed into the freezer. On the scheduled day, 將廚餘倒落個yard trimming bin到。 I think it will help. 環保要付出代價。

fibbi

廚餘is one thing, I am more against collecting garbage once every two week.

elan7e

回復 6# fibbi

I understand and agree with you.

FiChai

I agree, 環保要付出代價.
Imagine, if they'll collect garbage everyday, what will happen? Probably people will produce more garbage! On the other hand, if they only collect garbage once every 2 weeks, then very likely people will try to make less garbage possible. Something like BYOB for shopping (less plastic bag usage), use own container for take out (less style foam container usage), use own chopsticks ...etc, these are some of the ways to be environmental friendly.

fibbi

回復 8# FiChai


  Until you have kid....you don't have a choice to have less diaper...And the diaper SMELL... just as an example.

Sometimes it's just not feasible to produce less garbage. I agree that we can divide our garbage better for recycling purpose instead of going to the landfill. But it's more of a hygiene issue of garbage sitting in the bin for 2 weeks in summer time.

FiChai

回復  FiChai


  Until you have kid....you don't have a choice to have less diaper...And the diaper ...
fibbi 發表於 2011-9-25 10:02

I also agree, hygiene is definitely an issue. But we're living in Vancouver, don't we always experience post office on strike during X'mas, and garbage disposal service on strike during the hottest summer?! Even they collect garbage everyday, health/hygiene issue still exist.
I'm not an extreme environmental supporter anyways. And besides those issues, they just want to cut cost and coated with a nicer reason, maybe.