A little conservation goes a long way - part two
I had written on January 27th about how
water conservation has caused public water utilities' revenues to shrink forcing them to defer maintenance and raise prices.
Here is a similar story regarding trash collection.
From the
National Examiner:
City sues man for canceling trash service
A man who claims to have reduced his waste to nearly nothing out of concern for the environment now faces a lawsuit from San Carlos for canceling his garbage-collection service.
Eddie House, 53, says he was shocked when he was served with a lawsuit Sunday at his Cedar Street home.
The lawsuit, filed by San Carlos Deputy City Attorney Linda Noeske in San Mateo Superior Court on Jan. 22, seeks a permanent injunction forcing House to maintain garbage service. City officials are also seeking to recoup from House the costs of the lawsuit.
The lawsuit claims House broke the city�s municipal code requiring all residential, commercial and industrial properties to contract with Allied Waste for pickup at least once a week � a standard requirement in most cities, San Carlos Deputy City Manager Brian Moura said.
House says he stopped his service with Allied Waste about a year ago after realizing that his garbage cans were nearly always empty.
�It�s just me and my dog, so I don�t have a whole lot of garbage to begin with and I recycle everything,� he said.
San Carlos is in California just south of San Francisco.
Sheesh -- how about encouraging people to do good instead of just giving it lip service and punishing them when they actually walk the walk...
Posted by DaveH at January 31, 2008 8:54 PM