| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Rats | |
| Posted by: | Raymond Havelock | |
| Date/Time: | 12/07/18 09:11:00 |
| I'm pretty sure it's not general litter as that's sporadic. But possibly lack of good housekeeping with recycling recepticals. Most seem to be used as outdoor open bins across the week rather than filled just prior to collection. Plastics can be rinsed but plastics that contained various food products contain residues that won't rinse off unless washed with hot water and detergent. A real waste of resources. Rats I've seen in the small hours are most often around the red boxes and not the bins. Some authorities regularly come round and spray wheelie bins or provide a cleaning kit for homes where this is impractical i.e. no hose pipes or rear access or front gardens. But maybe lids for the plastics boxes is better. But whilst Rats are not uncommon here I cannot ever remember seeing so many so often. Whatever the sources it ought to be dealt with. Foxes don't help although I though Rats were a favourite lunch for them. They are able to open the food waste boxes and are defy at opening wheelie bins and raking stuff out. This too brings other vermin scurrying along. Again it's the stuff being there for up to two weeks that makes this a constant rather than an occasional. Clearly no-one factored these elements into collection methods or the health risks involved. If it were cars there would be all manner of measures imposed. Yet these health risks are far far greater and known, unlike the current wave of suggestive possibles from other sources. |