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
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