Notice from the Riverside District Office
From 1 March, household refuse will be collected on Tuesday and Friday evenings only. The truck stops at each street corner for ten minutes.
Residents who sort their waste correctly for six months will receive a free set of reusable bags. Questions: 02-2345-6789.
Free repairs by your neighbors
Volunteers repair your things while you wait. There is no charge, but a small gift to the neighborhood fund is welcome if you can afford one.
Please bring no more than two items per visit, and take any broken parts home with you. Anything left behind on Sunday evening goes to the dump, which is exactly what we are trying to avoid.
Thirty years ago vultures were everywhere in northern India. Then, within a single decade, more than ninety percent of them disappeared.
The cause was a cheap medicine given to sick cattle. It was harmless to the cows themselves, but any vulture that fed on a treated animal died within days. Three species came close to extinction.
The drug was banned in 2006, and special centers now raise young birds before setting them free. Numbers are rising, though slowly. Villagers know the difference well: without vultures, dead animals lie in the open for weeks, and packs of wild dogs move in.
Waste collected by student volunteers at Green Bay, in kilograms.
| Type | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plastic bottles | 310 | 280 | 190 |
| Fishing nets | 90 | 120 | 140 |
| Glass | 60 | 55 | 50 |
| Metal cans | 45 | 40 | 44 |
Shops began charging a deposit on bottles in 2023. Fishing nets, however, still arrive from boats far out at sea, and no local rule can stop them.