We all appreciate the sense and simplicity of a clean and tidy neighbourhood. But what happens when this tranquil scene is torn to shreds by mounds of unsightly rubbish discarded carelessly on the side of the road?

Well, it certainly can ruffle a fair few feathers, sparking bitter disputes and dividing communities, just like it's done in the coastal city of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales.

Photos of a street in Cardiff, in the Hunter region, piled high with rubbish, were posted online with the caption 'this is Australia', igniting a word war between locals.

Unwanted items, including mattresses, drawers, boxes, whitegoods and bedding, could be seen strewn all over the kerb.

Photos of a rubbish-filled street in Cardiff sparked debate among the community. Credit: Facebook

'Making our beautiful country look like slums, who pays for the compensation when someone gets hurt?' questioned one local, highlighting a valid concern.

Other social media users agree that the mentioned street is ‘gross’ and ‘disgusting’, with one writing, ‘Every time I have driven past there, it has a bunch of rubbish out the front on the path.’

However, other residents disputed these claims. 'I drive past here every day, and it’s only like this for bulk waste,' one woman wrote. 'And with the amount of units there, of course, there will be a large amount.'

The debate then shifted to whether or not the tenants were the ones to blame for the 'foul' state of the rubbish.

Some argued that the street is always filled with mess anyway, while others said that people start off by neatly placing their bulk waste items on the street for Council collection, but then scavengers come and make a mess out of them.

Residents claimed that the rubbish on the street is caused by scavengers who go through the rubbish. Credit: Facebook

‘Most people put out a neat pile, then you get the scavengers who root through it and leave a mess,’ someone explained.

This was echoed by one local woman, who revealed that after she 'very neatly' left bulk waste items in front of her home for Council collection, multiple people 'ripped open bags, tipped things everywhere and made a complete mess out of it’.

'It’s the people going through the stuff at fault rather than those who leave rubbish on the kerb for Council clean-up,' she argued.

Some pointed out that Lake Macquarie Council should be doing more in terms of conducting bulk waste collections and giving residents designated dates on which rubbish items may be placed out for collection. The Council’s website does reveal a series of pick-up dates in the area.

Speaking to a news source, a spokesperson for Lake Macquarie Council confirmed that there is a bulk waste collection happening this week in the suburb.

'This will be the final bulk waste collection for Cardiff before the council transitions to a new bookable service in 2024,' the spokesperson said. 'One of the key reasons is to improve the visual appearance of our city.'

This isn’t the first time an issue like this has occurred. Earlier this year, a woman in Sydney named Sapir Midroni cleaning her home was left with more rubbish than she bargained for after strangers dumped their own rubbish in her Council collection pile.

Midroni stated that she neatly arranged her items on the street, but the council had failed to arrive and collect them on schedule. The next day, she discovered that more rubbish had been added to her pile, some blocking the entrance to her home.

Key Takeaways

• Piles of rubbish beside a street in Cardiff, New South Wales, have sparked a bitter dispute among neighbours over cleanliness and council bulk waste collections.
  
• The mess, which includes household items like a mattress and drawers, has been described by locals as making Australia look like a 'slum'.
  
• Some locals blame the mess on scavengers who root through neatly piled rubbish and leave a mess, while others claim the particular street always has rubbish on it.
  
• A spokesperson for Lake Macquarie Council has confirmed a bulk waste collection is currently happening in the area and that this would be the final collection before the council transitions to a bookable service in 2024.
  

Members, who do you think is the ‘real culprit’ behind this mess? Let us know in the comments below!

 

[MaggieMay1948]

We all appreciate the sense and simplicity of a clean and tidy neighbourhood. But what happens when this tranquil scene is torn to shreds by mounds of unsightly rubbish discarded carelessly on the side of the road?

Well, it certainly can ruffle a fair few feathers, sparking bitter disputes and dividing communities, just like it's done in the coastal city of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales.

Photos of a street in Cardiff, in the Hunter region, piled high with rubbish, were posted online with the caption 'this is Australia', igniting a word war between locals.

Unwanted items, including mattresses, drawers, boxes, whitegoods and bedding, could be seen strewn all over the kerb.

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Photos of a rubbish-filled street in Cardiff sparked debate among the community. Credit: Facebook

'Making our beautiful country look like slums, who pays for the compensation when someone gets hurt?' questioned one local, highlighting a valid concern.

Other social media users agree that the mentioned street is ‘gross’ and ‘disgusting’, with one writing, ‘Every time I have driven past there, it has a bunch of rubbish out the front on the path.’

However, other residents disputed these claims. 'I drive past here every day, and it’s only like this for bulk waste,' one woman wrote. 'And with the amount of units there, of course, there will be a large amount.'

The debate then shifted to whether or not the tenants were the ones to blame for the 'foul' state of the rubbish.

Some argued that the street is always filled with mess anyway, while others said that people start off by neatly placing their bulk waste items on the street for Council collection, but then scavengers come and make a mess out of them.

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Residents claimed that the rubbish on the street is caused by scavengers who go through the rubbish. Credit: Facebook

‘Most people put out a neat pile, then you get the scavengers who root through it and leave a mess,’ someone explained.

This was echoed by one local woman, who revealed that after she 'very neatly' left bulk waste items in front of her home for Council collection, multiple people 'ripped open bags, tipped things everywhere and made a complete mess out of it’.

'It’s the people going through the stuff at fault rather than those who leave rubbish on the kerb for Council clean-up,' she argued.

Some pointed out that Lake Macquarie Council should be doing more in terms of conducting bulk waste collections and giving residents designated dates on which rubbish items may be placed out for collection. The Council’s website does reveal a series of pick-up dates in the area.

Speaking to a news source, a spokesperson for Lake Macquarie Council confirmed that there is a bulk waste collection happening this week in the suburb.

'This will be the final bulk waste collection for Cardiff before the council transitions to a new bookable service in 2024,' the spokesperson said. 'One of the key reasons is to improve the visual appearance of our city.'

This isn’t the first time an issue like this has occurred. Earlier this year, a woman in Sydney named Sapir Midroni cleaning her home was left with more rubbish than she bargained for after strangers dumped their own rubbish in her Council collection pile.

Midroni stated that she neatly arranged her items on the street, but the council had failed to arrive and collect them on schedule. The next day, she discovered that more rubbish had been added to her pile, some blocking the entrance to her home.

Key Takeaways

• Piles of rubbish beside a street in Cardiff, New South Wales, have sparked a bitter dispute among neighbours over cleanliness and council bulk waste collections.
• The mess, which includes household items like a mattress and drawers, has been described by locals as making Australia look like a 'slum'.
• Some locals blame the mess on scavengers who root through neatly piled rubbish and leave a mess, while others claim the particular street always has rubbish on it.
• A spokesperson for Lake Macquarie Council has confirmed a bulk waste collection is currently happening in the area and that this would be the final collection before the council transitions to a bookable service in 2024.

Members, who do you think is the ‘real culprit’ behind this mess? Let us know in the comments below!

That's why you're not meant to put council cleanup items out until the day before the cleanup.

 

[Pammyt]

We all appreciate the sense and simplicity of a clean and tidy neighbourhood. But what happens when this tranquil scene is torn to shreds by mounds of unsightly rubbish discarded carelessly on the side of the road?

Well, it certainly can ruffle a fair few feathers, sparking bitter disputes and dividing communities, just like it's done in the coastal city of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales.

Photos of a street in Cardiff, in the Hunter region, piled high with rubbish, were posted online with the caption 'this is Australia', igniting a word war between locals.

Unwanted items, including mattresses, drawers, boxes, whitegoods and bedding, could be seen strewn all over the kerb.

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Photos of a rubbish-filled street in Cardiff sparked debate among the community. Credit: Facebook

'Making our beautiful country look like slums, who pays for the compensation when someone gets hurt?' questioned one local, highlighting a valid concern.

Other social media users agree that the mentioned street is ‘gross’ and ‘disgusting’, with one writing, ‘Every time I have driven past there, it has a bunch of rubbish out the front on the path.’

However, other residents disputed these claims. 'I drive past here every day, and it’s only like this for bulk waste,' one woman wrote. 'And with the amount of units there, of course, there will be a large amount.'

The debate then shifted to whether or not the tenants were the ones to blame for the 'foul' state of the rubbish.

Some argued that the street is always filled with mess anyway, while others said that people start off by neatly placing their bulk waste items on the street for Council collection, but then scavengers come and make a mess out of them.

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Residents claimed that the rubbish on the street is caused by scavengers who go through the rubbish. Credit: Facebook

‘Most people put out a neat pile, then you get the scavengers who root through it and leave a mess,’ someone explained.

This was echoed by one local woman, who revealed that after she 'very neatly' left bulk waste items in front of her home for Council collection, multiple people 'ripped open bags, tipped things everywhere and made a complete mess out of it’.

'It’s the people going through the stuff at fault rather than those who leave rubbish on the kerb for Council clean-up,' she argued.

Some pointed out that Lake Macquarie Council should be doing more in terms of conducting bulk waste collections and giving residents designated dates on which rubbish items may be placed out for collection. The Council’s website does reveal a series of pick-up dates in the area.

Speaking to a news source, a spokesperson for Lake Macquarie Council confirmed that there is a bulk waste collection happening this week in the suburb.

'This will be the final bulk waste collection for Cardiff before the council transitions to a new bookable service in 2024,' the spokesperson said. 'One of the key reasons is to improve the visual appearance of our city.'

This isn’t the first time an issue like this has occurred. Earlier this year, a woman in Sydney named Sapir Midroni cleaning her home was left with more rubbish than she bargained for after strangers dumped their own rubbish in her Council collection pile.

Midroni stated that she neatly arranged her items on the street, but the council had failed to arrive and collect them on schedule. The next day, she discovered that more rubbish had been added to her pile, some blocking the entrance to her home.

Key Takeaways

• Piles of rubbish beside a street in Cardiff, New South Wales, have sparked a bitter dispute among neighbours over cleanliness and council bulk waste collections.
• The mess, which includes household items like a mattress and drawers, has been described by locals as making Australia look like a 'slum'.
• Some locals blame the mess on scavengers who root through neatly piled rubbish and leave a mess, while others claim the particular street always has rubbish on it.
• A spokesperson for Lake Macquarie Council has confirmed a bulk waste collection is currently happening in the area and that this would be the final collection before the council transitions to a bookable service in 2024.

Members, who do you think is the ‘real culprit’ behind this mess? Let us know in the comments below!

It isn’t just Lake Macquarie. Many suburbs have litter problems - ask anyone who does a lot of walking / that’s when you notice the extent of the litter problem. People put unwanted items out the front of their house - Shoes, old prams. People don’t want most of the old stuff - it just sits there and often ends up being thrown in the waterways by kids. It can be donated, advertised on marketplace or they could organise a free council collection by making a simple phone call & even organise online.
I get disgusted by the amount of take away food containers, coffee containers - obviously tossed out of car windows along a parkway in my ‘pretty’ suburb. Our beautiful parks are strewn with dog poo. We have lots of Lovely parks with grass for children to run about on - full of dog business! Every resident on my LGA is issued regularly with biodegradable little green bags for dog business, kitchen scraps etc - we have a 3 bin collection - green bin, yellow for recyclables & red for what can’t be recycled.
Those parks and especially the play equipment areas are also littered with kids snack wrappers, drink bottles - despite bins being just a few steps away. Rubbish is just dropped - no parents enforcing ‘put it in the bin’ rules.
People have even thrown bags of rubbish along the fence line of the national park.
We need a wake up call on littering - it’s rampant everywhere. Beautiful suburbs are spoiled by the minority of lazy people who don’t care about where they drop their rubbish.

 

[Veggiepatch]

I had the same problem as Sapir Midroni where our kerbside waste almost doubled overnight last year.

The culprit was caught....by leaving correspondence in the bags of rubbish he left. The next door neighbour!

Veggiepatch did what Veggiepatch does and unceremoniously dumped the offending crap ALL over his front yard and porch.

Needless to say, it didn't happen again!

 

[mylittletibbies]

Same thing happens here in WA, People put their rubbish out weeks before the collection date, and the scavengers get into it and it all ends up all over the place.
I think Councils should fine residents who put their rubbish out weeks before the prescribed date.
Have never known of a Council where you can ring and get a free pick up, can't even get one if you wanted to pay for it.

 

[Glo72]

I live in Port Stephens and we get two free pickups a year. You ring up and book your day and place your items out the day before.

 

[Leenie]

I had the same problem as Sapir Midroni where our kerbside waste almost doubled overnight last year.

The culprit was caught....by leaving correspondence in the bags of rubbish he left. The next door neighbour!

Veggiepatch did what Veggiepatch does and unceremoniously dumped the offending crap ALL over his front yard and porch.

Needless to say, it didn't happen again!

Teach them a lesson that’s the way nothing like a wake call.

 

[djouwinga]

We all appreciate the sense and simplicity of a clean and tidy neighbourhood. But what happens when this tranquil scene is torn to shreds by mounds of unsightly rubbish discarded carelessly on the side of the road?

Well, it certainly can ruffle a fair few feathers, sparking bitter disputes and dividing communities, just like it's done in the coastal city of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales.

Photos of a street in Cardiff, in the Hunter region, piled high with rubbish, were posted online with the caption 'this is Australia', igniting a word war between locals.

Unwanted items, including mattresses, drawers, boxes, whitegoods and bedding, could be seen strewn all over the kerb.

View attachment 30185

Photos of a rubbish-filled street in Cardiff sparked debate among the community. Credit: Facebook

'Making our beautiful country look like slums, who pays for the compensation when someone gets hurt?' questioned one local, highlighting a valid concern.

Other social media users agree that the mentioned street is ‘gross’ and ‘disgusting’, with one writing, ‘Every time I have driven past there, it has a bunch of rubbish out the front on the path.’

However, other residents disputed these claims. 'I drive past here every day, and it’s only like this for bulk waste,' one woman wrote. 'And with the amount of units there, of course, there will be a large amount.'

The debate then shifted to whether or not the tenants were the ones to blame for the 'foul' state of the rubbish.

Some argued that the street is always filled with mess anyway, while others said that people start off by neatly placing their bulk waste items on the street for Council collection, but then scavengers come and make a mess out of them.

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Residents claimed that the rubbish on the street is caused by scavengers who go through the rubbish. Credit: Facebook

‘Most people put out a neat pile, then you get the scavengers who root through it and leave a mess,’ someone explained.

This was echoed by one local woman, who revealed that after she 'very neatly' left bulk waste items in front of her home for Council collection, multiple people 'ripped open bags, tipped things everywhere and made a complete mess out of it’.

'It’s the people going through the stuff at fault rather than those who leave rubbish on the kerb for Council clean-up,' she argued.

Some pointed out that Lake Macquarie Council should be doing more in terms of conducting bulk waste collections and giving residents designated dates on which rubbish items may be placed out for collection. The Council’s website does reveal a series of pick-up dates in the area.

Speaking to a news source, a spokesperson for Lake Macquarie Council confirmed that there is a bulk waste collection happening this week in the suburb.

'This will be the final bulk waste collection for Cardiff before the council transitions to a new bookable service in 2024,' the spokesperson said. 'One of the key reasons is to improve the visual appearance of our city.'

This isn’t the first time an issue like this has occurred. Earlier this year, a woman in Sydney named Sapir Midroni cleaning her home was left with more rubbish than she bargained for after strangers dumped their own rubbish in her Council collection pile.

Midroni stated that she neatly arranged her items on the street, but the council had failed to arrive and collect them on schedule. The next day, she discovered that more rubbish had been added to her pile, some blocking the entrance to her home.

Key Takeaways

• Piles of rubbish beside a street in Cardiff, New South Wales, have sparked a bitter dispute among neighbours over cleanliness and council bulk waste collections.
• The mess, which includes household items like a mattress and drawers, has been described by locals as making Australia look like a 'slum'.
• Some locals blame the mess on scavengers who root through neatly piled rubbish and leave a mess, while others claim the particular street always has rubbish on it.
• A spokesperson for Lake Macquarie Council has confirmed a bulk waste collection is currently happening in the area and that this would be the final collection before the council transitions to a bookable service in 2024.

Members, who do you think is the ‘real culprit’ behind this mess? Let us know in the comments below!

Council rates you pay is also for keeping the town tidy!

 

[mylittletibbies]

I had the same problem as Sapir Midroni where our kerbside waste almost doubled overnight last year.

The culprit was caught....by leaving correspondence in the bags of rubbish he left. The next door neighbour!
Veggiepatch did what Veggiepatch does and unceremoniously dumped the offending crap ALL over his front yard and porch.

Needless to say, it didn't happen again!

 

[Leenie]

I live in Port Stephens and we get two free pickups a year. You ring up and book your day and place your items out the day before.

Wish all councils were like that ours stopped the yearly free pick up years ago and charge you like a scrub bull when you take rubbish to the tip .

 

[Colette 3799]

Same thing happens here in WA, People put their rubbish out weeks before the collection date, and the scavengers get into it and it all ends up all over the place.
I think Councils should fine residents who put their rubbish out weeks before the prescribed date.
Have never known of a Council where you can ring and get a free pick up, can't even get one if you wanted to pay for it.

Where my son lives they can book a hard rubbish pick up, it works really well. Where we live we don’t get a council pick up for hard rubbish but we get a voucher for the tip and you drop it off yourself at no charge

 

[mylittletibbies]

I live in Port Stephens and we get two free pickups a year. You ring up and book your day and place your items out the day before.

Wow, lucky you. Now I live in a small country town we don't get pick up anymore, but at least the tip is free, but had to buy a Ute.
Previously, before moving, we had two greenwaste collection and one for bulk rubbish old sofas, washing machines, etc but you couldn't ring and book a day
We put out a table and.chairs, also an old sofa, they were gone about half an hour later.

 

[Veggiepatch]

Wish all councils were like that ours stopped the yearly free pick up years ago and charge you like a scrub bull when you take rubbish to the tip .

I moved to Bundaberg from Sydney in 2006. Bundaberg had NO tip fees, the next year this went to $5 per load, regardless of the amount.
In late 2007, Mum passed away and I threw out a Subaru Forester load of stuff at Menai waste depot at the bargain price of....$55!
No wonder people dump at the roadside.

 

[Suzanne rose]

Same thing happens here in WA, People put their rubbish out weeks before the collection date, and the scavengers get into it and it all ends up all over the place.
I think Councils should fine residents who put their rubbish out weeks before the prescribed date.
Have never known of a Council where you can ring and get a free pick up, can't even get one if you wanted to pay for it.

We had a neighbour that lived 3 houses away who would take their dog for a walk and they let the dog do its business in front of our house . After complaining to them and it still kept happening , I got a shovel , collected it and threw it on their front lawn.
They took their dog for a walk the same time every day. And it was either my house or my neighbours house the dog would do it. It's was Like the dog said quick I need to do no 2s

 

[Suzanne rose]

Our council will fine people if you put the clean up items out prior to the day before collection.
That rubbish looks like it was put out a week before

 

[PattiB]

We have just bought a new mattress & base which will have to go to the tip at our expense. Hadn’t thought about dumping it on the nature strip but then we’d have to look at it. My son asked if our council did a free mattress collection like his. Not likely! They now charge quite a fee to take green waste which they recycle & sell. It’s no wonder people dump stuff everywhere.

 

[PattiB]

It isn’t just Lake Macquarie. Many suburbs have litter problems - ask anyone who does a lot of walking / that’s when you notice the extent of the litter problem. People put unwanted items out the front of their house - Shoes, old prams. People don’t want most of the old stuff - it just sits there and often ends up being thrown in the waterways by kids. It can be donated, advertised on marketplace or they could organise a free council collection by making a simple phone call & even organise online.
I get disgusted by the amount of take away food containers, coffee containers - obviously tossed out of car windows along a parkway in my ‘pretty’ suburb. Our beautiful parks are strewn with dog poo. We have lots of Lovely parks with grass for children to run about on - full of dog business! Every resident on my LGA is issued regularly with biodegradable little green bags for dog business, kitchen scraps etc - we have a 3 bin collection - green bin, yellow for recyclables & red for what can’t be recycled.
Those parks and especially the play equipment areas are also littered with kids snack wrappers, drink bottles - despite bins being just a few steps away. Rubbish is just dropped - no parents enforcing ‘put it in the bin’ rules.
People have even thrown bags of rubbish along the fence line of the national park.
We need a wake up call on littering - it’s rampant everywhere. Beautiful suburbs are spoiled by the minority of lazy people who don’t care about where they drop their rubbish.

Aren’t some people annoying

 

[mylittletibbies]

We had a neighbour that lived 3 houses away who would take their dog for a walk and they let the dog do its business in front of our house . After complaining to them and it still kept happening , I got a shovel , collected it and threw it on their front lawn.
They took their dog for a walk the same time every day. And it was either my house or my neighbours house the dog would do it. It's was Like the dog said quick I need to do no 2s

My brother in law used to do the same, so gross. I pick up after my dogs when we go walking.
Many, many years ago, my husband and I bought our first home, in the country, which was unfenced. We promptly had it fenced and one morning this chap came through our front gate, his dog crapped on our front lawn and then he went out our back gate and on his way across the vacant land.
The next morning I barrelled him about it, his answer was that he had been walking his dog thru this way for years and he saw no need for us to have fenced the property!!!!!
Next morning my husband took his three greyhounds for a walk in this guy's front yard, where the 3 of them left him a clearer message, he never came back again.

 

[djouwinga]

I live in kelso Queensland , first we would get tip passes when rates was paid , and road side clean up was announced in the council news letter.
For the last years nothing , no more passes, no more road side cleanup.
I wonder where all that money goes.

 

[maxesmum]

We only have bin collection. Anything else needs to go to the tip where they charge like wounded bulls. Plus you need to have your load sectioned into the correct piles or they won’t let you in. I wonder what the tip bunnies are actually being paid for! And they’re rude. I hate tip runs with a passion. And with fees at $40.00 plus for a 3x6 trailer load of hard rubbish,it’s just crazy. And they refuse to take stuff like clothes or mattresses.