There is much controversy over Mobile City Council's proposed dumpster enclosure laws to toughen up Mobile's municipal litter code. Some officials think shopping centers contribute very little litter to Mobile. Forcing all companies to enclose their dumpster is stupid.
City of Mobile officials are wasting their time writing new litter code that will require trashy businesses with trashy dumpster areas to fence in their dumpster thinking it will solve the litter problem of the area.
I see plenty of dumpsters, some enclosed by NEW fencing, polluting the surrounding area with trash because the fence does not go all the way to the ground. Businesses use the fence to hide all the loose trash around the dumpster.
Instead of the City requiring ALL businesses to keep their dumpster area clean, they just want to require trashy dumpster areas to be fenced in. The problem with that is many dumpster fence gates remain open, the dumpster lids remain open, and trash still escapes from the dumpster area. Problem not solved.
City litter enforcement officials should visit shopping centers once a month and open up fenced in dumpsters. If loose trash is found, issue a fine to the appropriate party, period. If loose trash is coming out of the bottom of the fenced areas like seen in these two photos, and trash is seen outside of the fenced area, there should be an additional large fine for obvious littering of the environment beyond the fence enclosure.
Businesses and Dumpster companies that empty the dumpsters are both complicit for ignoring spilled garbage in dumpster areas. What Mobile needs are leaders with the balls to hold businesses and garbage disposal companies responsible for keeping business dumpster areas clean. It should be easy to pick up dumpster area trash and put it in the dumpster.
Businesses got problems with dumpster divers opening dumpsters and tossing trash on the ground? There are video systems which can be installed that start recording when movement is detected. If businesses have problems with criminal dumpster divers, they should document the dumpster intrusions on video and prosecute.
Mobile needs to get rid these City Council wimps. Fred Richardson Jr, Gina Gregory, Levon Manzie, Joel Daves, John Williams, CJ Small, and Bess Rich will NOT get my vote if they run for re-election because they are too scared to get tough on littering of the environment by known and obvious sources.
It is time to start punishing businesses for polluting the environment with trash.