A call for prompt action on rubbish dumping
I was appalled when I found out that St Vincent de Paul in Mittagong has received 4000 kilos of waste every weekend, spent $10,000 a month on tip fees and recruited five volunteers for its waste clean up efforts.
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The more resources the store has to allocate to waste, the less it has to focus on the most vulnerable people in our community.
By dumping your household waste at Vinnies, you’re taking a meal off the table for a family in need or stealing an extra blanket for an elderly person.
People need to think before they offload their waste onto a charity.
Vinnies does a lot for our community, but it’s not their responsibility to clean up after people that can’t be bothered going to the tip.
Charities have their own expenses to worry about, to keep their stores running and their welfare programs viable.
I would suggest making council pick-ups more frequent and affordable or reduce tip fees to discourage illegal dumping at Vinnies.
Perhaps CCTV would help catch people who dump and assist police in fining them? T
his is an issue that requires action.
We need to support the people that support us.
Eleanor Beste
‘Do something positive’
Why doesn’t council let charities dump at the recovery centre for free.
This would create a rare, positive act by council.
It wouldn’t cost them anything and I am sure some items would end up in the shop on-site.
Come on council do something positive for the community
Ian Francis
Bowral
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