Helena Abdou
Rubbish has been mounting next to Oscar Romero Catholic Primary School in Craigieburn.
Councillor Joseph Haweil recently took to social media to condemn the actions of the culprits.
Many residents commented on Cr Hweil’s Facebook post, labelling the dumping as ““disgusting behaviour”.
“This type of conduct is causing immense frustration and anger to the majority of Hume’s residents who have said loud and clear, over and over again, that they do not want to live in a dump,” Cr Haweil said.
Cr Haweil said council was chasing up the matter with the property owner to have the rubbish cleaned up.
This rubbish hotspot is part of a bigger problem for Hume, according to Cr Haweil.
In March 2021, the council fined 17 people after removing 40 cubic metres of waste from a nearby site on Highlander Drive in Craigieburn.
The rubbish pile prompted council is install surveillance at the site, as well as at other dumping hot spots across Hume.
At the time, council said it would launch a pilot campaign in Craigieburn to educate residents about the council’s free waste removal options, including two hard waste collections and two tip passes each year.
“Sadly, dumped rubbish has reached epidemic proportions in Hume, with too many selfish people treating our open spaces as their own personal tip. Hume City spends more than $3 million per year cleaning up dumped rubbish,” Cr Haweil said last week.
“This is money better spent on providing infrastructure and services to the community. I will continue to fight this scourge including by advocating for council to massively increase fines on those caught dumping and better communicating legal waste disposal options in Hume, of which there are many.”
