Household rubbish dumped outside a house in Irongate Rd. Photo/Warren Buckland
Household rubbish dumped outside a house in Irongate Rd. Photo/Warren Buckland
I have never been in the unfortunate position of having someone dump their rubbish outside my house, but I reckon it would be enough to drive anyone mad.
A number of people are saying that it is sheer laziness and people need to dump their rubbish in the right locations like everyone else. Others are saying that the council's transfer stations are too expensive and that is why people are doing it.
Even if some people find the transfer stations too expensive, that is no excuse to just dump your rubbish anywhere. Don't make your problem someone else's problem. The Hastings District Council website indicates that the Henderson Rd Transfer Station charges a minimum of $12 for rubbish and $8 for green waste.
This seems quite cheap when it is weighed up against a potential fine of $400.
The good thing is that the council is now taking this seriously and is looking at ways to catch the culprits. Temporary CCTV monitoring will be used and obviously the rubbish is checked to see if a name or address was accidently left there.
Some of our readers even suggested getting fingerprints off the bottles.
That may be going too far, but it does show people are really annoyed by this.
