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Councilor wants to ban trash bags in the North End
By adamg on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 10:11pm
City Councilor Sal LaMattina (North End, Charlestown, East Boston) says it may be time to require North Enders to put their trash out in metal or plastic barrels rather than bags that can be easily ripped open by rats, NorthEndWaterfront.com reports. There's a hearing on Thursday.
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That's crazy. I live in the
That's crazy. I live in the North End and I would have absolutely nowhere to store a trash barrel. Most buildings have little to no common space for storage of one trash barrel let alone 4 or 5. Five trash barrels per building will be blowing around the street all day until residents get home from work at night. On a typical block in the North End there are 20 walk-up buildings on both sides of the street with an average of 5 units each. So that will mean 100 stinky trash barrels laying around the already narrow sidewalks all day on each block. But hey, at least there won't be room for the Segways anymore.
Why don't they do what many
Why don't they do what many European cities do and place car sized dumpsters on the street in parking spaces. Typically they have flip top lids with a step on bar at the bottom to flip open it open. Empty them every other day and there wouldn't be a rat or odor problem.
That's what Boston needs.
That's what Boston needs. Less places to park.
Actually, it does.
Actually, it does.
I totally agree
I totally agree
How about the garbage men
How about the garbage men just pick up the loose garbage if the bag is torn open? Or how about the city street cleaners get out and pick up the loose garbage if they see it.
Well it isn't that easy
The trashmen are hired to pick up the trash not babysit people who can't bag their trash correctly. Plastic bags aren't bad if you tie them correctly and put them out in the morning. Although that won't stop the bottle pickers who poke holes in the bags.
And the street cleaners can't get in under parked cars and on the sidewalks where a lot of the trash ends up.
And I second the trash barrels are not a good idea. No storage and most would be destroyed within weeks or months.
They recently passed such a
They recently passed such a ordinance in Revere. However, it does allow for the use of "rodent proof" bags. I don't see why Boston can't do the same.
Citywide
The hearing is regarding the possibility of a citywide ordinance. Though would have the most impact in places like the North End and the downtown neighborhoods where bags rule the streets and space for barrels is limited.
they could....
bus in the folks from the various homeless shelters to clean up after the trash men have gone?
trash
Thats what the problem is the homeless people rifle through the trash to get the cans and bottles with or without the recycle bins. then the squirrels, rats with bushy tails get at the trash. the squirrels run free because of thier cute bushy tails. anyone sees a rat in the daylight hes dead meat.