Father of twins blasts council's 'unhygienic' bin change
With general waste collections halved the dad is asking what he should with his dirty nappies.
A father of young twins is questioning what will come of the large number of used nappies his household produces now his council is only collecting his general waste bin every fortnight rather than weekly.
Peter Wynne has branded the change as "unhygienic" and expressed concern over the lack of guidance from the council.
Mr Wynne is a resident in Sydney's Inner West where locals are in their third week of the new bin collection arrangements. So far the move has incited chaos as locals deal with overflowing general waste bins.
"All residents are frustrated with this rushed change with no consultation and no information," Mr Wynne told Yahoo News Australia. "We have twin babies so what are we to do with all the dirty nappies? Leave them in the bin for 2 weeks? I don't think so."
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Many locals online have suggested they will take their "festering" bins to council headquarters to demonstrate the impact of the change, with Mr Wynne one of these residents.
"I think they should have a red bin full of dirty nappies for two weeks and see if they like it," he said, unhappy with the lack of clear information from council.
"There has been no communication from council on these changes and what we are to do with our normal red garbage. The only information we have received is from news reports."
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Alongside the change to the general waste bin collection cycle, the green food and garden organics (FOGO) bin will still be collected every week with residents encouraged to put food scraps in this bin to limit the amount of household waste likely to "break down".
"The idea is that all that smelly food and garden waste, we're trying to get it out of there and we are collecting it more often," Greens Councillor Marghanita da Cruz told Yahoo News, at the start of the month. "The stuff in the red bin will be mainly hard waste but there are some people who will have used nappies and continence beds."
The councillor encourages any Inner West residents who find themselves with the problem to contact the council to find an appropriate solution.
"It is recognised as an issue and council is asking these people to contact us, so that we can actually work with them on their needs. And, of course, we don't want rotting, unsanitary things."
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