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black bags on country roads

  • 09-10-2010 4:30pm
    #1
    bungaro79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,214 ✭✭✭


    just home after taking one of the back roads around my town and theres another couple of black bags dumped in the ditch and the rubbish from inside is all over the road. this road seems to be a favourite for whatever tramps do this. :mad:


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  • #2
    poppyvalley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 372 ✭✭poppyvalley


    bungaro79 wrote: »
    just home after taking one of the back roads around my town and theres another couple of black bags dumped in the ditch and the rubbish from inside is all over the road. this road seems to be a favourite for whatever tramps do this. :mad:
    I'm no snitch but in this case I'd make an exception. Cannot comprehend the mentality of these people!:mad:


  • #3
    _feedback_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,274 ✭✭✭_feedback_


    This is a subject I've wanted to speak out about for a long time.







































    No wait, I was thinking of something else.


  • #4
    buckshotbrolan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 124 ✭✭buckshotbrolan


    bungaro79 wrote: »
    just home after taking one of the back roads around my town and theres another couple of black bags dumped in the ditch and the rubbish from inside is all over the road. this road seems to be a favourite for whatever tramps do this. :mad:

    12 euro to get rid of one bag in the dump. One bag in the ditch =Free.
    I cringe when I hear people on holiday here noticing dumped rubbish. the people who do this hanus act should be made to eat the rubbish they dump!


  • #5
    epgc3fyqirnbsx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,228 ✭✭✭epgc3fyqirnbsx


    scumbags, it's worth taking a look through the rubbish to see if they've been stupid enough to leave a letter addressed to them in it, then you can return the rubbish


  • #6
    Sonovagun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 391 ✭✭Sonovagun


    Go through the bag and look for clues of the identity of the dumper, and then return the waste


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  • #7
    epgc3fyqirnbsx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,228 ✭✭✭epgc3fyqirnbsx


    Sonovagun wrote: »
    Go through the bag and look for clues of the identity of the dumper, and then return the waste

    good idea


  • #8
    WesternZulu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,985 ✭✭✭WesternZulu


    I blame dubs!!
    They're all at it :pac:


  • #9
    bungaro79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,214 ✭✭✭bungaro79


    Sara Better Knob wrote: »
    scumbags, it's worth taking a look through the rubbish to see if they've been stupid enough to leave a letter addressed to them in it, then you can return the rubbish

    i know someone who works in the local council slasher and they have been looking through the rubbish to try and id the people involved so now these beauts are taking the time to take all incriminating stuff with their address out!! the thing is that theres a local dump just down the road but these knobheads are too scanty!


  • #10
    Black Swan
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 47,537 CMod ✭✭✭✭Black Swan


    Stuff garbage into new fuel intake of your DeLorean DMC-12 with flux capacitor and fly back to the future.


  • #11
    Max Power1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,272 ✭✭✭✭Max Power1


    Where was it OP? I took a dump in a ditch on the way home last night.


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  • #12
    Rockery Woman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 593 ✭✭✭Rockery Woman


    Its a big problem in rural areas, In the old days people used to burn their rubbish in barrels, but thats a rarity nowadays. There are several companies running refuse collections even in my part of the world so there is no excuse.

    Greenstar even do a top-up card (like putting credit on your mobile phone) means you only pay for each bin lift rather than a monthly rate. Works for me! The amount of money people are saving by dumping on the road really is a pittance compared to the fines they face when they are caught, not to mention the shame.....


  • #13
    Archeron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,417 ✭✭✭Archeron


    Its not just here. I clearly remember playing a car game on the Panasonic 3DO and the track in LA had black bags all over the side of the roads. If you crashed into them they spilled rubbish out and everything!!


  • #14
    Pookah
    Closed Accounts Posts: 544 ✭✭✭Pookah


    Sara Better Knob wrote: »
    scumbags, it's worth taking a look through the rubbish to see if they've been stupid enough to leave a letter addressed to them in it, then you can return the rubbish

    It's hard to take this kind of suggestion litterally.


  • #15
    Max Power1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,272 ✭✭✭✭Max Power1


    Rockery Woman wrote: »
    Its a big problem in rural areas, In the old days people used to burn their rubbish in barrels, but thats a rarity nowadays. There are several companies running refuse collections even in my part of the world so there is no excuse.

    Greenstar even do a top-up card (like putting credit on your mobile phone) means you only pay for each bin lift rather than a monthly rate. Works for me! The amount of money people are saving by dumping on the road really is a pittance compared to the fines they face when they are caught, not to mention the shame.....
    there are plenty of free toilets around the city.


  • #16
    slimjimmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,786 ✭✭✭slimjimmc


    Sonovagun wrote: »
    Go through the bag and look for clues of the identity of the dumper, and then return the waste

    Don't do this.
    Call the Litter Warden and let them do it, the rubbish will be disposed of properly and they'll be able to bring a prosecution if they find any details. If you return it to the address it will probably just end up in a different ditch, or you could have a hard time trying to explain why you were caught dumping it on the accused's property.


  • #17
    CorkMan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,005 ✭✭✭CorkMan


    Pookah wrote: »
    It's hard to take this kind of suggestion litterally.

    I thought he meant identity theft.

    "Find their rubbish, look for letters addressed to them, return the rubbish."


  • #18
    questionmark?
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,078 ✭✭✭questionmark?


    buckshotbrolan wrote: »
    12 euro to get rid of one bag in the dump. One bag in the ditch =Free.
    I cringe when I hear people on holiday here noticing dumped rubbish. the people who do this hanus act should be made to eat the rubbish they dump!

    12 euro :eek:

    Its 3 euro at my local dump and reclying is free


    AH answer i like taking a dump.


  • #19
    Stinicker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,102 ✭✭✭Stinicker


    questionmark? wrote: »
    12 euro :eek:

    Its 3 euro at my local dump and reclying is free


    AH answer i like taking a dump.

    Its €17 in Kerry when it used to be €6 back in 2003. I honestly don't blame people in this day and age, Rubbish collection is too expensive and hoarding the rubbish for say a monthly or every 6 weeks trip to the dump is impossible with smells and for people with no storage.


  • #20
    questionmark?
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,078 ✭✭✭questionmark?


    Stinicker wrote: »
    Its €17 in Kerry when it used to be €6 back in 2003. I honestly don't blame people in this day and age, Rubbish collection is too expensive and hoarding the rubbish for say a monthly or every 6 weeks trip to the dump is impossible with smells and for people with no storage.

    17euro for one bag :confused:


  • #21
    epgc3fyqirnbsx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,228 ✭✭✭epgc3fyqirnbsx


    It is ridicolously expensive to go to the dump yourself. My house is too far off the main road to bother with a wheelie bin but we manage to recycle most of it. We might have about 1 black bag per week but one of the aul lads mates has a skip for his business so he just lets us fire it in there.

    They actually have planes flying around now doing random checks to see whether anyone is burning illegally so thats a big no no


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  • #22
    Rockery Woman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 593 ✭✭✭Rockery Woman


    Max Power1 wrote: »
    there are plenty of free toilets around the city.

    ah jaysis......:rolleyes:


  • #23
    Corsendonk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,871 ✭✭✭Corsendonk


    bungaro79 wrote: »
    i know someone who works in the local council slasher and they have been looking through the rubbish to try and id the people involved so now these beauts are taking the time to take all incriminating stuff with their address out!! the thing is that theres a local dump just down the road but these knobheads are too scanty!

    There is a cunning way around this, sometimes they leave there shopping receipts in the bags and the council can track them them using the Loyalty card details by requesting the name and address from the retailer.


  • #24
    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,163 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    I'm not condoning it, but personally speaking I recycle a lot and have about one bagful of actual rubbish every month.

    I have to pay €300 a year (the minimum charge available for a collection that would be every 2 weeks) and so that translates to €25 per bag.

    The licensing system for waste companies is a joke!


  • #25
    Rebelheart
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,077 ✭✭✭Rebelheart


    Stinicker wrote: »
    Its €17 in Kerry when it used to be €6 back in 2003. I honestly don't blame people in this day and age, Rubbish collection is too expensive and hoarding the rubbish for say a monthly or every 6 weeks trip to the dump is impossible with smells and for people with no storage.

    Wrong, Stinicker: wrong. Just wrong. Anybody who is proud to be Irish would have respect for Ireland's environment. The people who dump this rubbish are scum, utter scum, with no grá or meas for our country.


  • #26
    Stinicker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,102 ✭✭✭Stinicker


    Rebelheart wrote: »
    Wrong, Stinicker: wrong. Just wrong. Anybody who is proud to be Irish would have respect for Ireland's environment. The people who dump this rubbish are scum, utter scum, with no grá or meas for our country.

    Wrong again, people simply should not be expected to pay extra for what is a health and sanitation issue, most countries around the world have free waste collection and facilities paid for out of general taxation, property tax or council rates. They do this because they know if you are going to charge extra for rubbish people won't pay and dump illegally instead, when they are paying out of tax instead even the biggest "scumbag" as you put it will happily dispose of his waste properly even though he is paying for it.

    This whole country is run like Ryanair, pay for every single facet, except with the difference is we pay high taxation.

    The €17 in Kerry is for a carload of rubbish to the Dump, there is no charge for a bag and €17 is the minimum charge. This is with Kerry County Council's facilities anyway. Recycling is however free and a large range of recycling facilities is available, when about 10 years ago Glass was about the only recyclable offered.


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