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They have tried free dumpsters and they were overwhelmed and overflowing. We already have illegal dumpers from from the cities that have better enforcement dumping here. We really need a better way to manage the incredible amount of waste we create. Why should the tax payers and garbage rate payers pick up the tab for some else. Yes I like free too but in the end nothing is really free.
Not allowing cretins form outside Oakland dumping here let a lone the ones that live. The City of Oakland PWD use's SCF for reporting issues. I find that to be reactive. I have gone though the DA office twice to report illegal dumping. This was before Law Corps. It is time consuming. I cannot believe how much gets dumped and how very few are fined. Enforcement for me means City leadership and teaching civic pride both at home and in our schools and I to do not see that happening. My use of SCF speaks for its self but it is still a reactive tool to fix the problem. Plus by enforcement of the laws will move funds from garbage collection to infrastructure repair in theory.
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