Trashy Discussions
Posted May 19th, 2008 by Anna / Filed under: Open Space Association
The topic of community garbage cans came up in the forums this week. JJB74 asked if there has been any discussion of public trash cans. Jeanette - our Community Association Manager - has provided us an answer:
There has been discussion about public garbage cans - Every month. The ones that are installed at the parks include the trash and recycle. The set up is about $3,000 for each. We have one set up that we are contemplating installing at the southwest corner of Raymond and 32 nd/Lanham – or at the “pocket park”, Judy Faye Park on Raymond in front of the townhomes on the south side of the street. There are also smaller trash and recycle cans at each of the courtyard/lawn/pocket parks among the rental units. Trash may look bad now, but actually it is quite improved. Summer time is the hardest. We have tried to get some groups to volunteer to help pick up trash in the neighborhood but it is difficult. There have been two volunteer trash pick up events thus far. A group of owners organized this independently. When the kids in the neighborhood are out of school for the summer it will be a necessity. The trash is not just from residents, we see items (furniture and car parts even) thrown from vehicles.
May 20th, 2008 at 7:43 am
Since it is my house on the corner of SW Raymond and 32nd Ave shouldn’t you ask me if I want a garbage can installed there? As it is I pick up garbage out of my parking strips daily! Please install it at the park (a more “public” area). With all of the school bus stops etc. on my corner, encouraging more people to hang around mashing my landscaping and climbing my rockery is the last thing I need. Please include the rest of the Highpoint neighborhood i.e. the existing houses built before the redevelopment in your definition of Highpoint
May 20th, 2008 at 10:01 am
$3000 sounds like quite a bit for a garbage can of that size …..I found these online and they are much less:
http://www.belson.com/ssr.htm
They are similar to what you find at most parks……
May 20th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
I’m assuming the $3000 includes the stone structure it’s attached to.
May 20th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
I am not a big fan of the current garbage cans and stone structures…..they are so small it makes their usefulness limited in my opinion.
As far as placement…..I agree we should talk to the people that it would affect. I personally wouldn’t mind having one in front of my house if it limited the amount of trash.
My biggest concern is on Graham St…..there is so much trash from the pedestrian traffic. I can’t stand looking at it every day.
June 9th, 2008 at 8:33 am
One thing that would help would be to more clearly mark the recycle cans as recycle - in the dark it’s nearly impossible to tell the difference between the two, and it looks like most people don’t know the difference. (This is in the pairs of mesh cans that are black and green.) If the green can had a recycle logo stenciled on the side it would make the purpose much clearer.