"Councils are there to provide a service to residents and ratepayers. Council has to pay for someone to provide these services on its behalf, which means they have to generate income. Therefore, every time someone removes an item from the curb they are reducing the amount of income that council has for the provision of the services it provides, which means either a reduction in the service, or the shortfall has to be optained from somewhere else (increased rates, fees and charges)."
"Because so much stuff is being stolen from the curb, there is less profit generated by the activity, and in fact in some places it was starting to run at a loss. Therefore a lot of councils have decided not to provide or no longer provide the service, and in those places, the only way a householder can now legally get rid of this rubbish is to take it a collection centre where some can be deposited for free, but most incurs a fee."
That doesn't make sense,
1. Some councils cut out pick up day because residents were putting stuff out early, scavengers pick through it etc, it made the streets look untidy. They preferred to move to the -residents call us method- when they have large items to get rid of. Still a free service - limited number of call outs a year.
2. The councils have 1 or 2 or no pick ups a year. That is hardly going to break the bank in wages. Existing council employees here do the pick ups.
3. If there aren't many items left out on collection day that means less time needed to complete the pick up. Less wages.
The items I wish to dispose of belong to me. If I put them out early in pick up week, and they are picked up by scavengers that is fine by me.
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