story of a garbage bin
I have got back to walking inside the colony for the last few days.The weather is mild and the area quiet at that time of the morning. Did notice the 'onyx' pick up van which collects the garbage from households a few days back. I also spotted a supervisor who was ensuring that the fellow does a clean job. Which was when i noticed that the garbage bin at the end of the colony near malaviya avenue was missing. And i found a prominent notice painted on the wall of the house"do not drop garbage here; by order chennai corporation!".The supervisor was ensuring that the bin is moved.I assumed that the owner of the house nearby must have made some powerful complaint about the location of the bin, just outside his compound.There is a hospital nearby and also an 'andhra mess' and i am sure the bin gets full in no time; and later the garbage gets strewn all over the place outside the bin.Not a pretty sight, and not a pleasant odour either.
I did find a few stray plastic bags with kitchen waste, strewn there for the next few days.Today i found a small placard standing there, once again exhorting the 'garbage throwers' not to dump garbage there.I was wondering about the whereabouts of the garbage bin. I spotted it a few yards away, standing cosily side by side with another garbage bin!;I wondered why that landlord did not object to not one but two bins parked outside his house. It was then i noticed that the house is bolted and secured and nobody appeared to be living there. I could visualise the bin getting tossed about from one location to another and finally landing here, where nobody would object. It is also no wonder that yet another bin has also found its way by its side.
I immediately recalled an earlier incident. We were staying for a short while in a company guest house.I used to spot a garbage bin, bang outside the gate. It used to irritate me, so i told the security guard that they should get the garbage bin shifted a little away, so that it is not staring at you while you are entering the guest house. Next day i did not find it there and thought i have accomplished a neat job.Only to be shocked by its reappearance at the same spot a few days later. The security guard gave me a big story about his himalayan efforts to get it out of the way, but like a bad penny it came back as nobody wanted it anywhere near their house!And since this was a guest house where guests are in and out of the place, it has safely parked itself there.
So the moral of the story is, the garbage bin moveth and having moved, moves on.....as long as there are guest houses and locked houses.
posted by vasukumar @ 4:08 AM
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While I stayed in a rented house in Bangalore, Basaveswara nagar, for a few months, the arrangement for garbage disposal was this.
A moveable dust bin appeared every day in the road, with a person moving the small cart which contains the dust bin. Each house had to pay a charge of Rs. 15 or so per month. (I was not sure if they were authorised to collect the money as the arrangement was done by Corporation). They come at a specific time in the morning and the house holders put their garbage in the mobile dustbins.
the Garbage bin literally moves on ( with wheels though)
Had to dispose off a pair of foam beds.It took all the perseverance of the combined household over a 3 week period to finally get it carted away.
The regular 'onyx' garbage van used to dodge and say they will come back and collect it in the evening round; our old newspaper fellow also dodged cleverly; said he is starting his business and does not want to carry an old item in the morning 'bhoni' time (he buys old newspapers, mind you!!)Our servant said she would like to but her place does not have enough room. The mason promised to take it, but was becoming quite elusive once we started chasing him for this.
Finally yesterday our friendly neighbourhood milk delivery man has taken it and we felt we have accomplished a great feat. Disposal of garbage is a real challenge!!
Why not just get someone to design garbage bins with lids? And place two bins in high pressure places like hospitals and hotels?
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