Located above Moa Point is Kekerenga Play Area,which is part of Strathmore.It has houses on two sides and backs onto a small area of Pine trees that heads down the side of the cliff for a short while.
It is easy to get to, either by car, walk or a short climb up some steps that starts from Moa point giving you some great views of Lyall Bay and beyond and if luck views of the South Island across the Cook Straits.
The path takes you to the edge of the tree area and what you then see is something that we all should be ashamed of.
Thrown down among the trees is a large amount of household rubbish,and looking at the amount it has built up over time.
All or nearly all have been bagged, not small pieces that can be dropped by accident or blown there when the rubbish is collected.
Premeditated it is and total lazy. Even the lone dustbin located in the play area is full of bags containing household waste.
As to the reason who knows, it could be people not wanting to pay to take it to the local refuge site (although the sites is heading that way) or unwilling to pay for the council refuge bags.
It is a great shame that there are people who feel the need to either use public bins for their waste or feel that dumping it is ok.
In the long time we all and those doing it end up having to pay for service to clean up after them.
As a country who proudly shout out that we a clean and green country it only takes a few to start damaging that image.
Those dumping need to take responsibility for their actions and the councils to deal with this problem by going through the rubbish to gather evidence. All it takes is for one or two be caught out for others to sit up and realise that it is not worth it.
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