This photo looks down the alley between the 600 block of S. Laurel and S.Cherry.
Trash and recycling trucks already went through on Wednesday. This photo was from after that.
Dear landlords and tenants,
The citizens of Richmond need you to take more responsibility for your refuse. I know some of you think that taxes are only good for two things, fire protection and refuse collection, but the truth is that OUR taxes also pay for things like police, schools, parks, etc. When the City spends all of its money picking up at the end of your leases, it can take away from other priorities.
While I appreciate efforts to improve the City’s services, you have a personal responsibility to make a point of either taking your excess to the dump, or, at the very least, scheduling a ‘bulk refuse’ pickup with the City. Just leaving it out in the alley, no matter how neatly, is not the neighborly thing to do. Let’s do better.
http://www.richmondgov.com/PublicWorks/RefuseCollection.aspx
Not to be a jerk, but: I have been told to remove garbage or be fined by code enforcement after first being told to PUT IT IN THE ALLEY when I called for bulk pickup. 311/public works could not provide a pickup date, which would have alleviated the situation, as I could have at least seen to it that the garbage was not left outside for more than a day or two. To make matters worse, the pickup request was marked as completed without the trash ever being picked up. After a month or so, I rented a uhaul to get rid of it. Perhaps that extra trash removal money is being used to teach bulk refuse collectors what garbage looks like?!?!