Rubbish

cyprusishome


Joined: 31/03/2007
Posts: 2381

Message Posted:
22/09/2008 19:51

No not more of the same stuff I usually write, this is about rubbish.



Yesterday was enjoying the view when a pick up pulled up at a regular dumping spot, too far away for me to even get number plate.



However just as the 2 men dumped a load of branches over the edge of verge the local muhtar's man pulled up on his motor bike. There was what looked like an exchange of words and Muhtars man road off, followed shortly after by pick up minus rubbish.



Couple of minutes later they both returned and after further, what appeared very heated, discussion muhtars man rode off again.



Two very sheepish men loaded up there pick up and drove off.



OK, the cynical among you will say they just went and dumped it elsewhere but how about some credit to the Muhtar for having his staff enforce no dumping.

ilovecyprus


Joined: 08/05/2007
Posts: 2880

Message Posted:
22/09/2008 20:30

I agree Cyprusishome



I saw some warning signs in Girne warning people not to drop litter. Hopefully attitudes to litter will change.



I found it most annoying swimming whilst avoiding the litter in th sea at Karisiyaka

Bornagain


Joined: 21/09/2008
Posts: 9

Message Posted:
22/09/2008 20:52

I was in the TRNC at the end of July. I am a TC by the way. Our visit to Girne castle was great but I was totally disgusted with plastic water bottles everywhere there was a hole to stick it in. Other bits of rubbish were deposited with them but bottles everywhere. I realise that money is in short supply but surely a few bins places around the castle would encourage people to act responsibly.

bachelibelly


Joined: 04/09/2008
Posts: 275

Message Posted:
22/09/2008 21:53

Hi, good to hear this,we have a ravine tip just past us at Bahceli and the rotting rubbish is piling up on the mains water pipe(which will eventually rupture ,the water will be poisoned and people will get ill).A while ago there was afire and the Police and Fire Brigade were called to the tip site.We thought this high level publicity would have an effect .How wrong we were,3 months later and the rubbish piles up.

We have heard that Esentepe is soon to adopt Bahceli and maybe this will bring some action as it becoming a serious health hazard.

No direct blame attatched to the culprits, the residents of Bahceli as it is the way they have disposed of there rubbish for years sinse they have no bins or litter collection(although i and our neighbours manage to drive to a communal bin).

Perhaps this will change before we get the next PLAGUE !!!!

joandjelly


Joined: 24/02/2008
Posts: 2953

Message Posted:
23/09/2008 11:00

The Muhtar in Karsiyaka is very good if you report rubbish dumping to him. We saw a huge lorry dumping rubbish down by the coast. We took the number plate and followed it back to a construction site. Reported it to the Muhtar and a couple of days later the lorry was back picking up all the rubbish and the site was cleared. Unfortunately, it is now being filled up again. We saw another flat bed truck dumping stuff and I made a gesture with my hands (as if to say what the hell are you doing) and the driver smiled and waved at me as he drove off!

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
23/09/2008 19:09

my muhtar has given up in our village. as fast as he gets it cleaned up someone dumps some more.



living with the cypriots is amusing: last weekend the village had a police raid. for those who had not paid the muhtar for water bills and rubbish collection. poor muhtar was fighting a loosing battle! so he called in back up!!!!!!!!!!!

ROBIN HOOD


Joined: 26/05/2008
Posts: 238

Message Posted:
23/09/2008 20:11

Some problems could be solved with little resolve.

A simple law forbidding non deposit bottles would get the poor scaveging the hills for bottles to get the refunds. No diffence between plastic and glass. The glass can be reused or recylcled. The plastic is good (cheap) feedstock for the power station and could save a lot on the annual oil bill. It could end the broken glass and Palstic bottle plague. What gets washed up on the beaches could be put in recycling bins at supermarkets. 50 korus on an empty Efes bottle, could induce even me to take it back. Where there's a will....

Hector


Joined: 26/08/2008
Posts: 2352

Message Posted:
23/09/2008 22:01

'Where there's a will....' there's a relative ( so I was taught at law school)

ilovecyprus


Joined: 08/05/2007
Posts: 2880

Message Posted:
23/09/2008 22:26

msge 7

I like it Robin hood, thinking outside the box



I am not entirely comfortble about the burning of plastics. This is a hot debate. I am not sure whether the TRNC power station is sufficiently modern enough to generate enough heat and oxygen to reduce the release of dioxins in to the atmosphere. Nasty stuff. What do you reckon?



It would be interesting to see if financial incentives would work. Politicians in the UK are beginning to favour monetary payments to change behaviour but it has been widely criticised by behavioural experts. Might be worth trying though.