Salvaging hard rubbish and repurposing it into a monstrous bedside table is an act of defiance against a number of problematic systems.
The bi-annual hard rubbish collection in Moreland is a dying breed. Many other councils have slowly phased that system out in favour of a ‘booking’ system, whereby households have up to two loads of hard rubbish that they can book to be taken away.
Recently, Moreland Council have proposed to follow suit. This was apparently prompted by a number of issues.
The Council claims that they have had complaints for the community about wanting less dumped rubbish in the streets (inside and outside of hard rubbish collection times).
Additionally, according to the Council, only 14 per cent of hard rubbish earlier this year was recycled. Moreland Council have said that other municipalities have had the amounts of hard rubbish collected reduced overall by adopting the booking system.
The bi-annual hard rubbish collection times are the most exciting events in Moreland’s social calendar. There is nothing quite like the serendipity of finding something you never knew you needed whilst out getting milk, and we would hate to see it go.
By Sam Tubbs
The Coburg Meddler 