Garbage Can Campaign

TOSSED STRAWS AND BIG GULP CUPS, sopping wet discarded pizza boxes and hundreds of other bits of trash covered the sidewalks and boulevards on the 4.7 kilometre trek made by one of our Adopt-a-Block volunteers. She willingly picked up each bit of rubbish and placed it carefully in her large plastic bag. The more she dropped into her sack, the heavier it became.

Her search for a public garbage can became her second mission. Unfortunately, her journey from the 1300 block of South Island Highway, north on Galerno Road, west on Lai Road, north again on South Murphy Street, west on Pinecrest Road, north on South Alder Street to Evergreen Road gave her no opportunity to place her heavy bag into a receptacle.

To her great appreciation, a garbage can stood on the boulevard just north of Steiner Bakery on 231 Dogwood Street. She heaved the large bag into it and opened up her reserve plastic container to collect more trash until she arrived at her friend’s home.

All Campbell River citizens should have the confidence that the City of Campbell River, at the very least, could afford to place a garbage receptacle at each bus stop. Collaboration and cooperation between Campbell River Transit and the City of Campbell River would benefit all people of this fine city.

Imagine a garbage can at every bus stop.

Round concrete garbage can

Speak with City Hall about a garbage can in your neighbourhood.