The Thames Coromandel District Council has been forced to clear up rubbish after visitors to some of its most popular spots over Christmas and the new year.
Bags of rubbish have been left next to $2 rubbish compactors which the council said has caused a rotting smell and an unpleasant sight.
The council placed portable rubbish compactors at key locations around the district with high visitor numbers, but it said the facility was being misused.
"This is the second pile of rubbish we have had to clear in less than a week," says the council's infrastructure group manager Bruce Hinson.
"We need people to understand that they have to put the rubbish into the compactor themselves to dispose of their rubbish bags properly, and not just dump it next to the compactor."
The compactors can be moved around the district and placed at points where there are issues with rubbish disposal and take pressure off small communities that get overwhelmed by visitors.
The compactors are solar powered and coin operated.
1 comment
Strange?
Posted on 07-01-2019 14:24 | By Ian Stevenson
The pile of rubbish looks a lot bigger than the compactors, presume that no one wanted to pay so just left the rubbish there? perhaps the issue is the cost is something that many jsut dont want to pay. Obviously the rubbish not being properly disposed of is a somewhat bigger issue. Maybe Council needs to revise its charges? At considering the outcome here (failed to work as intended) was worse than desired/planned.
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