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Originally Posted by mhays
I suspect it might do both...the problems will get worse, but also the waste stream will diminish. At minimum it'll make people think about it, and that tends to have a real effect.
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In Phoenix, apartment complexes are not required to participate. Most are built with strategically placed dumpsters and don't have the room. Plus, (many) apartment dwellers are notoriously undisciplined.
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Originally Posted by wong21fr
I'd also suggest that the system works better in the vast majority of the city that was laid out post 1940's (hint: the alley's are wide enough for bins to go on both sides and we don't write passive-aggressive notes to each other on that issue).
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Arcadia, a nice residential neighborhood in Phoenix and adjacent to Scottsdale has been quite creative. Not a gated community which resulted in many visitors treating their alleys as Goodwill centers, donating all manner of stuff in the middle of the night. So they gated their alleys.
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Originally Posted by bunt_q
When the City cut back the days for large item pickups, do you think that reduced the number of couches and mattresses dumped in the alleys? I seriously doubt it. (I just toss them into the middle of the alley - when they block traffic, then people care, and they seem to magically disappear.)
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Deliciously done!
While it may not make a difference I wondered if the timing of this is Not Good for getting the sidewalk initiative passed? Hard to say whether there's any sour carryover I guess.