Problems with Trash Pickup in St. Louis
Noah Wasserman
In the city of St. Louis, the chances of spotting a trash truck is somewhat rare. Due to this, people are resorting to their back alleys to throw their trash. According to McLemore, she stated that she has to watch out for broken glass as well as nails while driving through the alley-ways. One way the city has dealt with this issue is they ticket you for your illegal dumping. In a newspaper article I have read, “It’s Just Disgusting” displays that people's properties are being trashed and is forcing parents to not allow their children in the backyard. This affects the environment because trash pile-up causes pollution which is bad for the air quality. Also, people’s personal belongings are being destroyed including their cars and backyards.
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Why is trash pickup difficult in the city?
Why does this occur?
Do the homeowners with the trash in their backyard do anything?
Homeowners need to pick up their trash for the environment
ReplyDeleteDeffinetly!
Delete- Noah Wasserman
i think this occur because people dont have the money to pay the trash people to pick up rthey trash so they just leaving it outside -Brando Mckinley
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting to think that since this may be from a low-income area, picking up trash may not be their number one priority. They may be more concerned with putting food on their table. Ashley Herman
ReplyDeleteif we can’t fund the trash picking company’s we can find ways to better reduce the amount of waste put out by company’s and people’s house holds -kennedy
ReplyDeleteThe large items like couches and mattresses can easily be taken to Goodwill or donated if they are in decent condition, which might help to cut down on larger waste projects. Multiple trash companies who are paid by the city would be better than just one company hired by the city, especially if that first company is not very reliable.
ReplyDelete- Noah Brockmann
I think that this occur because lots of people throw there trash on the highways or just on the side of the road and the trash just go with the flow.-Jason Williams
ReplyDeleteBecause there's a lot of traffic and not enough trash trucks. ~Gray
ReplyDeleteGray Daitch
Deletei think the city needs to figure out a way to create more funding so people aren't messing up other peoples private property because trash trucks aren't coming to take waste away.
ReplyDeleteTrash isn't being picked up as much we are heading towards a similar situation in the past -jo
ReplyDeleteIt's scary seeing trash all over the planet ~ Willie
ReplyDeleteThe main reason why this is most likely happening is due to the fact that people are throwing the ground and it doesn't help that there are not enough trash trucks that go there-Jeffrey
ReplyDeleteIt's difficult to pick up trash because of all the trash,glass and other stuff that's on the ground and with the nails being on the ground it can bust their tire
ReplyDeleteIt's a pretty difficult work that take more than a month to get rid of, and all of the toxins that are stored within
ReplyDelete- Ashlyn Sisterman
We need to start owning up to our actions and put trash in the trash can more often. -Jeffrey
ReplyDeleteWe need to pick up our trash
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