See No Evil - Speak No Evil

See No Evil - Speak No Evil - Illegal Dumping

The Clarenville Dump - Where Trash should end up...

So what are we to do with our trash? That’s a common problem that confronts many of us. Most of us dispose of it properly. Unfortunately some people do not.

Thank goodness for the Ross Mair and the Packet who reported on the problem in this week’s edition of the paper (Resident Points to Problem p. A3). Without the Packet reporting on illegal dumping, the Town of Clarenville would remain blissfully unaware of the problem.

It seems as if a few people only get their trash as far as the dump road, and that’s as far as it goes, they then give it the heave. I find it incomprehensible that our town’s CAO claimed in the story that the Town is not to be aware of the problem, especially in light of the fact that the Town’s dump contractor says that illegal dumping is quite a problem. There’s a real disconnect here that the Town has to answer for.

In greater St. John’s, CBS has installed hidden cameras in areas known for illegal dumping (that were by all accounts cheap and effective) and an individual there has been photographed and charged with illegal dumping.

That’s really all that is needed – first a recognition of the problem and then a strong message that it will not be tolerated.

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