Pack it in, pack it out!
02/03/10 12:34 PM Filed in: Noteworthy News
In an effort to save money and avoid a tax increase Colorado City, Co. has removed trash cans from a neighborhood park. While reading the comments section under that story I saw where some other cities have also done this only to have trash bags and loose trash left all over the park. Are we as a nation really so lazy and thoughtless we just can't handle the idea of taking our own trash OUT of a neighborhood park to help keep that park open, while at the same time avoiding tax increases?
If you are going to go the park for let's say a picnic, or even to eat lunch, you bring whatever food you are going to eat with you in a picnic basket or some other kind of container. Common sense dictates if you know in advance the park has removed its trash cans then you bring a garbage bag with you, or in the case of fast food, you already have the sack your meal came in. Upon finishing your meal you pack your trash in the garbage bag, or back in the paper sack your burger and fries came in, and take said trash out of the park, then dump it at home, or at the nearest trash can outside the park. You carried the food in with you from wherever you fixed it, or bought it from to begin with, so what's the big deal about having to actually take the remaining trash back outside the park?
Oh and for parents of young children in diapers who are horrified at the idea of easy to reach trash cans being removed from a park, let me remind you that you packed the child, or young children into the park with extra diapers, wipes, and possibly disposable bottle liners. What you can pack into a neighborhood park, you can damn well pack back out again with very little trouble. If you are a young mother, pack a couple of small odor control garbage bags in your diaper bag to put dirty diapers and other trash in. When you are ready to leave, place the tightly closed garbage bag back in your diaper bag or stroller, and pack it back out.
Yes, doing the things I have suggested would mean, "dramatic gasp here" actually carrying our own trash more than a few feet to a trash can. Personally, I have no problem with that concept. I figure whatever I could carry into a neighborhood park, I could carry right back out. And here's another thought, if you are out of work in Colorado City, or some other community who has removed trash cans from a neighborhood park, why not start a small business that offers people are too damn lazy to take their own trash back out the park, the opportunity to pay somebody else to take it out?
Come on people! The economy is still in the toilet here, so get with the program. If your neighborhood park removes its trash cans to try and keep the park open without raising taxes, work with them on this.
City removes trash cans to save cash
If you are going to go the park for let's say a picnic, or even to eat lunch, you bring whatever food you are going to eat with you in a picnic basket or some other kind of container. Common sense dictates if you know in advance the park has removed its trash cans then you bring a garbage bag with you, or in the case of fast food, you already have the sack your meal came in. Upon finishing your meal you pack your trash in the garbage bag, or back in the paper sack your burger and fries came in, and take said trash out of the park, then dump it at home, or at the nearest trash can outside the park. You carried the food in with you from wherever you fixed it, or bought it from to begin with, so what's the big deal about having to actually take the remaining trash back outside the park?
Oh and for parents of young children in diapers who are horrified at the idea of easy to reach trash cans being removed from a park, let me remind you that you packed the child, or young children into the park with extra diapers, wipes, and possibly disposable bottle liners. What you can pack into a neighborhood park, you can damn well pack back out again with very little trouble. If you are a young mother, pack a couple of small odor control garbage bags in your diaper bag to put dirty diapers and other trash in. When you are ready to leave, place the tightly closed garbage bag back in your diaper bag or stroller, and pack it back out.
Yes, doing the things I have suggested would mean, "dramatic gasp here" actually carrying our own trash more than a few feet to a trash can. Personally, I have no problem with that concept. I figure whatever I could carry into a neighborhood park, I could carry right back out. And here's another thought, if you are out of work in Colorado City, or some other community who has removed trash cans from a neighborhood park, why not start a small business that offers people are too damn lazy to take their own trash back out the park, the opportunity to pay somebody else to take it out?
Come on people! The economy is still in the toilet here, so get with the program. If your neighborhood park removes its trash cans to try and keep the park open without raising taxes, work with them on this.
City removes trash cans to save cash