Dear Editor:
I just saw a fairly well-dressed woman getting empty moving boxes out of a nice SUV and dropping them in front of a not-yet-completed new house. Because it is easier than going to the recycling depot, I guess.
What is it with people to think that it is OK for them to drop their garbage/no longer needed furniture, etc. for others to take care of? A few months ago someone spread heavy (too heavy for normal pickup) bags full of construction rejects over two blocks along our back alley. They were easy to pinpoint as they were all closed with duct tape and had a P written on said tape.
About a month ago someone left us a mattress and its box. I assume we were supposed to find a pickup truck and bring it on their behalf to the recycling depot, thus paying for them the normal fee plus the mattress fee.
And this does not just happen in our alley, (it happens) anywhere people think they can get away with freestyle dumping. They do it whether it is on someone’s back door or a slightly remote creek or construction site.
I think it is rude, inconsiderate, ignorant to think that it is OK to force complete strangers to have to dispose of your unwanted things just to save $20-$40 if a mattress is involved. Unfortunately, I have thought of solutions and there are not many apart from catching them at the time or placing cameras, which I am seriously thinking of.
Anne Lacourt
North Vancouver
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