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bigzaggin
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody with a view
funny thing is the govt has installed trash cans along the highway (and some dirt roads) but now the animals know where to get a free meal, that is if
the recyclers don't just toss the garbage out of the way until they get to the bottom while searching for a can.
has anyone ever seen a roadside trashcan being emptied along the hiway? |
Never. We pass those rural cans all the time on our way out to the coast and more often than not they're just informal dumps, where animals get to
the trash way before any collector. So we avoid 'em and pack our stuff out to the nearest town. It'll probably suffer a similar fate there, but at
least someone gets a crack at all the Tecate cans.
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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bigzaggin
| Quote: | Originally posted by woody with a view
funny thing is the govt has installed trash cans along the highway (and some dirt roads) but now the animals know where to get a free meal, that is if
the recyclers don't just toss the garbage out of the way until they get to the bottom while searching for a can.
has anyone ever seen a roadside trashcan being emptied along the hiway? |
Never. We pass those rural cans all the time on our way out to the coast and more often than not they're just informal dumps, where animals get to
the trash way before any collector. So we avoid 'em and pack our stuff out to the nearest town. It'll probably suffer a similar fate there, but at
least someone gets a crack at all the Tecate cans. |
Bottom line--------remote location trash cans are a magnet for household garbage, and seldom work out as any type of "solution". "Trash", outside of
cities or municipilaties where infrastructure exists to handle the situation, is an individuals responsibility.
We in the land management business have learned that the hard way.
Barry
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Pompano
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Caught in action
While passing offshore in my boat near Conception Bay's shrine on the highway, I noticed this truck doing garbage pick up from the cans placed near
there. Was a heartening sight, so I grabbed my camera. This would not have happened in the not-so-distant past. Poco a poco...little by little.
Congratulations, Mulege!
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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Barry A.
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That is very encouraging, Roger. It does take effort and commitment, and yes, Mulege is to be congratulated.
Barry
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Cypress
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If there's no regular garbage pick-up people will either burn it, or dump it themselves.
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