NU12 by Lei Pichay - waste disposal

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NU12 by Lei Pichay

What pisses you off at the neighborhood? What do you suggest? 

- Dog Poop Scooper

- Unified Garbage Segragation

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             1. There are a lot of dogs in our neighborhood.  We, for one, have six dogs.  Every morning and late afternoon, we bring them outside for a walk.  Sometimes, they urinate and poop at the sidewalks.  We cleanup their poop through a broomstick and dustpan then we put it in the trashcan.  Metro aides who sweep our sidewalks every morning blame us for all the dog poop left in the sidewalks when in fact there are other neighbors who bring their dogs outside as well and just leave the poop on the sidewalk.  We know our responsibility to clean up but apparently some neighbors probably tend to forget to clean up or does not have a minute to clean up.  To prevent or eliminate the poop waste left in the streets or sidewalk, I suggest that each dog owner have a dog scooper.  It will be like a portable vacuum for dog poop.  The dog scooper will be very handy and battery-operated that dog owners can bring anywhere.  Once turned on, it will automatically absorb/scoop the dog poop without the use of bare hands to scoop it out.  It will be stored in a vacuum bag where the owners can throw anytime in the trash can.  It is easy-to-use and hygienic for dog owners. 

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     2.  Garbage in our neighborhood is collected everyday. However, garbage collectors may not pick up your garbage if you do not segregate it.  Their indication if you segregated it is if you tie your garbage bag with either a yellow or green ribbon.  A yellow ribbon indicates non-biodegradable garbage while a green ribbon is the biodegradable trash.  One time, we were not able to tie ribbons on our garbage bags. Our garbage was not collected for the day.  We were fined because of it and at the same time the helpers have to attend a seminar regarding segregation.  True, we were not able to follow the colored ribbons however, if they'll only check the inside of the bags, they were properly segregated.  Other neighbors have experienced this kind of problem as well.  Because of this, I would suggest that for our street or neighborhood to have a common trash bin for biodegradable, non-biodegradable and a separate bin for recyclables like plastic bottles and cartons.  All garbage of the neighborhood will be gathered in common trash bins to be collected everyday by the garbage collectors.  With this solution, it will lessen the mistake of not using the ribbons, save on the black garbage bags and at the same time it will help people be responsible on garbage segregation.  A separate trash bin for plastic bottles and cartons will be very helpful as well for the Tzu Chi Foundation, who collects those recyclables from our neighborhood every Tuesday and utilize them to create new products like blankets and mats. 3