I was very disappointed in the organisation of the garbage bins by the Perth Council last weekend for the 'festival of lights' at the foreshore. Behind the Bell Tower was a stage were multi cultural groups displayed national and international music and dances which was great!
There were several food stalls, manned by volunteers from Annalakshmi Restaurant with delicious vegetarian food, some dishes served on paper plates others in plastic containers with plastic cutlery.
When I asked if there were any recycle bins for the plastic the answer was that the council organised the waste bins from which were non of them recycle bins! It would have been a good example for the council to provide recycle bins at this kind of festivals as there is a lot of materials dumped which could have been recycled...
Or is it that most councils in the Perth region don't recycle but dump everything in wasteland?
The Perth City Council doesn't provide any recycling at all - they claim it's because it's 'too hard' to deal with all the office blocks, etc. Dave works in the city and they requested recycling but got nowhere.
ReplyDeleteVic Park council is a bit better - we're also switching to the large wheelie bins for recycling next year, instead of the little black boxes we have now.
That is so slack...
ReplyDeleteThey could at least start and give a good impression to provide special bins for events...
What is so difficult to appoint a recylce depot for paper in the city so all offices can bring their paper every week.
And stop selling bottled water but provide more points for tap water so people can bring their own bottle to refil.
And there are many other ways to improve garbage disposal...