On Tue, 19 Jun 2007, David Harley wrote: > > So really, the problem is that the local government has made > > it so difficult to remove the trash that people attempt to > > bypass the law. > > > > In that case, it would seem that, instead of spending vast > > amounts of money on cameras and enforcement, simply make it > > easier to throw out the trash. > > It's not that easy. We are a small and over-populated island, and we're
Get out of London and into the country, where you can walk for hours and not see anyone. We aren't overpopulated. > running out of space on landfill sites. (Though compared with Japan, our > problem is probably unimpressive.) Local government has to meet national > targets, irrespective of resources. Not unlike education, the national > health service and so on. Making it more difficult to get rid of garbage is > probably not an altogether conscious intention, but transfers the problem > from the authority to the householder. Somewhat similarly, making it too > much trouble to report email scams and spam relieves the pressure on > under-resourced government agencies and law enforcement. > > > It's great, and, of course, there are no problems with "fly tipping". > > But the biggest problem with fly tipping isn't householders with more black > bags than they can fit into a wheelie bin. It's commercial waste from people > who don't want to pay the cost of legal, licensed tipping. > > _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
