We, the undersigned, oppose the toter-based pay-as-you-throw trash disposal currently under consideration for Brookline. While the intent of Brookline officials to foster recycling and reduce town expenditures on trash pick-up are laudable, the proposed bin or toter system is unfair and unworkable for the many multi-unit buildings in Brookline. Limited common space is already taxed by recycling toters and there is no room for more. They are unwieldy and too heavy for some residents to maneuver -- particularly in foul weather (remember those snow banks!) --or up and down stairs.
Currently, too many buildings store their blue recycling toters in view of the street. Add trash toters and Brookline will become Toter Town. That's not good for property values, will attract foraging animals, and could create a safety issue.
Pay-as-you-throw comes in many forms. Special bags or stickers for generic bags sold at local merchants could achieve the ends without putting an undue burden on residents.
Neighborhoods also come in many forms and a one-size-fits-all approach that works in those areas with driveways and garages is not going to work in the more densely built parts of town. Let's not pretend that it will.
Please sign ONLY if you are a Brookline resident. Thank you.
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I feel unsafe trying to haul the smaller of the two blue recycling bins up and down our basement stairs. Please don't ask me to haul another. I am too old for this!! And I don't want the street lined with bins all week as a result of people storing them on the sidewalk. We have no back yards or alleys in Claflin Rd!!
We simply do not have the space.
This "box-ing" practice (ie, blue for this, green for that) is only an artificial solution, a kicking-the-can-down-the-road. Like they do in Japan, and in Europe, do assign a designated corner at each neighborhood (for example at corner of such and such streets) for the residents to carry their trash, and put them in one communal GREEN big box, or at a communal GREEN-signed location. This also helps the collectors. I could have suggested this for the recycling material as well; however, they are relatively heavy to carry.
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We, the undersigned, oppose the toter-based pay-as-you-throw trash disposal currently under consideration for Brookline. While the intent of Brookline officials to foster recycling and reduce town expenditures on trash pick-up are laudable, the proposed bin or toter system is unfair and unworkable for the many multi-unit buildings in Brookline. Limited common space is already taxed by recycling toters and there is no room for more. They are unwieldy and too heavy for some residents to maneuver -- particularly in foul weather (remember those snow banks!) --or up and down stairs.
Currently, too many buildings store their blue recycling toters in view of the street. Add trash toters and Brookline will become Toter Town. That's not good for property values, will attract foraging animals, and could create a safety issue.
Pay-as-you-throw comes in many forms. Special bags or stickers for generic bags sold at local merchants could achieve the ends without putting an undue burden on residents.
Neighborhoods also come in many forms and a one-size-fits-all approach that works in those areas with driveways and garages is not going to work in the more densely built parts of town. Let's not pretend that it will.
Please sign ONLY if you are a Brookline resident. Thank you.
4 Comments
I used to live in a "pay-as-you-go" rubbish system and the town became very dirty, as trash piled up when people only paid for pick-up sporadically.
I feel unsafe trying to haul the smaller of the two blue recycling bins up and down our basement stairs. Please don't ask me to haul another. I am too old for this!! And I don't want the street lined with bins all week as a result of people storing them on the sidewalk. We have no back yards or alleys in Claflin Rd!!
We simply do not have the space.
This "box-ing" practice (ie, blue for this, green for that) is only an artificial solution, a kicking-the-can-down-the-road. Like they do in Japan, and in Europe, do assign a designated corner at each neighborhood (for example at corner of such and such streets) for the residents to carry their trash, and put them in one communal GREEN big box, or at a communal GREEN-signed location. This also helps the collectors. I could have suggested this for the recycling material as well; however, they are relatively heavy to carry.
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I used to live in a "pay-as-you-go" rubbish system and the town became very dirty, as trash piled up when people only paid for pick-up sporadically.