Toxic rubbish and Blacktown Council

You know how we all suppose to use the new light globes? Much more energy efficient, one of the pollies pushed through legislation to make the regular incandescent ones illegal. You know the ones, after we'd been using for ages we found out they contained really toxic stuff and shouldn't go into landfill? Mercury isn't it? Nasty stuff. The politicians are so bloody stupid, try to fix one problem (electricity consumption) and create one just as bad (mercury toxicity). So, did the politicians at any level come up with a solution for this little dilemma? No. Garbage disposal being the forte of local council you'd think they'd come up with something even if they weren't the ones to cause the problem. So, we finally have one of our fancy toxic lights blow. We aren't suppose to put it in the rubbish bin. We ring up Blacktown Council to find out what we are suppose to do. We are suppose to hold onto our toxic rubbish until the annual clean up. They don't have any other solution. Luckily, for us this time, it's soon - 26th October but even then it isn't a council-come-to-us thing, we are suppose to save up all our toxic rubbish and deliver it to them at the Rooty Hill depot. They don't have a suggestion for people without cars. I wonder if anyone at all is planning to catch buses and or trains up to Rooty Hill with their light globes? Hey, that's a perfect subject to comment on - leave a comment here if you're planning to take public transport to dispose of your globes at Rooty Hill!

Cleaned up by the neighbors

I finally asked enough people and found the right one - the people next door to the mess cleaned it up. They got sick of looking at it so they cleaned up after the council cleanup people. They put all the mess in the garbage bin and then put the bin out on garbage night. They rang the council about the rubbish pick up not being finished but council never sent anyone else out.

What else would we expect? No doubt no one from council will comment on this issue. I did email them but i guess responding to the concerns of the people in Tregear isn't their big thing.

Blacktown Council Cleanup

You know when you've called council to come out and pick up rubbish? You sort of expect them to actually pick up the rubbish. This is what Blacktown council cleanup people leave behind. The house this is outside is empty. No one is going to clean up after council. No one lives there anymore.

Just to add to the irony is the sign directly across the road from the rubbish.