What if garbage constantly forms on your site, and this happens not only through your fault? This may be the case if you have neighbors for whom good neighborly relations are not as important as the desire to spoil your neighbor. The situation is quite common in dacha associations, where on the sly, while the owners are not in the house, you can throw your trash over the fence. And not only old people who are physically difficult to carry their garbage to a normal landfill or container sin this, but also amateurs strong drinks in nature, children and just dishonest individuals who want to annoy you on purpose for some of their reasons. Let's see what methods of dealing with this phenomenon can be effective.
Read in the article
- 1 Why on my site (under my fence)?
- 2 A thin world is better than a good quarrel
- 3 Magical ways to deal with garbage
- 4 If it doesn't work out in a good way
- 5 What you definitely shouldn't do
Why on my site (under my fence)?
This is the most important question that needs to be resolved. What provokes a landfill? Firstly, the absence of a fence - after all, if it is easy to enter your site when you are not at home, then this it is not surprising that someone will not only come in and pick cherries from your tree, but also toss a couple at the same time garbage bags.
The second provoking factor is the clutter of the site and the surrounding area.
If there has been a dump on your territory for a long time, where half a block has been carrying its trash for years, eliminate it, improve the territory, or even better - make some kind of planting. This usually helps. On a flowerbed, only rare dirty tricks will dump garbage.
The third factor is the absence of a trash can in the nearest place. And here it is already necessary to go to the administration of the village and persistently seek a solution to the issue, demanding and, perhaps, even threatening to appeal to various authorities.
A thin world is better than a good quarrel
In most cases, it is not difficult to establish the identity of the troublemaker, and you probably already suspect someone. Maybe there is an option to solve the problem peacefully and even turn it to your advantage?
The offer of help usually works with the elderly: just feel sorry for them that they have no strength to bring the trash to container, help a couple of times, and, you see, their hand will not rise next time to such a pleasant neighbor a dirty trick do. It will be more difficult with young people, but here you can cheat: you yourself turn to them for help. Complain that someone is throwing garbage on the site and offer to work together to catch the villains, or at least let you know who the enemy is.
That said, it's a great idea to address the location of the dumpster in your area. If we involve our neighbors in solving this issue and the whole world achieve a result, it will be a common victory.
Magical ways to deal with garbage
We found an interesting idea on one of the dacha forums dedicated to this topic. A certain summer resident suggested... to create the appearance of a magic rite on the thrown away garbage. Laughter is laughter, but this method even affects superstitious persons. Only this should be done so that the hero of the "celebration" could see your manipulations. Walk around with a candle, sprinkle something like salt and earth over the rubbish, pull on threads or something similar that your fantasy tells you. And at the same time, so opaquely hint that the culprit of this disorder is waiting for "karma-overtaking".
If it doesn't work out in a good way
But all these simple ways may not work, that's a fact. And what then - will have to act according to the law. But in order to bring the culprit to justice, it is necessary to provide evidence, and this can be testimony of witnesses, photo and video materials.
And here a simple device that can solve the problem of photo and video recording will really help you. There are two options: the first is the so-called camera traps used by zoologists.
She reacts to movement and takes a picture, which you can then use as evidence when contacting law enforcement agencies. Moreover, the camera trap works autonomously on a rechargeable battery and can immediately send you a photo to your phone or e-mail box. We received a message - and a call to a neighbor: "You look good in the photo, Semyonich, against the background of your packages." Only now there is a possibility that this rather expensive gadget will simply be "attached to the legs."
The second option is a mini-webcam, located outside free access and working from the network. You will have to tinker with the installation, but it will definitely be cheaper in terms of cost, and you can receive the signal in real time, wherever you want.
Just remember that by law you must warn about video and photographic recording. Maybe even just announcing that filming is in progress will work like a panacea in and of itself.
Who should be shown evidence of illegal garbage storage? There are several options: the administration of the settlement, the district police inspector, the environmental service. All of them are empowered to hold lawbreakers accountable. How to install such video surveillance - in this material:
What you definitely shouldn't do
There are methods that many suggest, but they all lead only to the worst results. Don’t set the dog on. Another time, sausage with poison will be thrown on your site, and your pet will suffer, and it may be that the dog will harm a person, and you will be guilty and obliged to compensate for the damage.
A dead end method is to dump your trash on the offender's site. This rarely works, and more often leads to an aggravation of the situation, and one day you may not only find a dead cow in your garden, but run the risk of putting out a fire at night in your house.
How do you act in such a situation? Are there any methods that actually worked? Share your experience in the comments!
