Gooey Garbage Bins Must Be Locked Soon, As City Tries To Avoid Poison
Written by 991KBU on June 25, 2019
Malibu businesses will be required to put locks on their garbage bins and take other steps to reduce scavenging people and animals from raiding them.
The city council last night was given an eyeful … as residents and city staff showed picture after picture of goopy junk and overstuffed garbage bins behind buildings.
Poison free Malibu founder Kian Schulman showed slides of businesses up and down the coast … local businesses…. corporate businesses.
Kian Schulman showed pictures.
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“Whole Foods Market opening day everybody went in the front door … I went in the back door.
“And I saw what is going on back there really.
“I mean … here you have a brand-new store in the market and they’ve got the the overstuffed dumpsters again.”
Not just Whole Foods … but P C Greens.
Office buildings.
Professional centers.
All with rat chewed covers … overstuffed bins … goopy garbage everywhere.
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“How about Malibu City Hall … wasn’t there a rodent issue over here???
“Checking your dumpster area … there was filthy gooey trash all over the ground.”
The city council approved enhanced enforcement of the existing city ordinance this year.
By June First … businesses will be required to lock their garbage bins.
And there is talk of fines fro businesses that fail to comply … 500 dollars for the first offense … 1 thousand dollars for the second.
So far … those fines are just under consideration.
But city council members agreed with Poison Free Malibu … that the overflowing commercial trash bins have got to be replaced and then locked.
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The city also adopted Poison Free Malibu’s preferred Earth Friendly pest management practices.
The policy will be enforced on all city land … including the new purchases.
Resident Anne Buxie [NAME SPELLED PHONETICALLY]
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“Earth-friendly management requires that we change and learn some new habits, clean up after ourselves.
“We all know that rat poison kills more than rats.
“The poisons are found a dead mountain lions … dead owls … dead coyotes…”
Malibu officials said the new earth friendly management Control of pests Will be used on all city property … including the newly purchased vacant lands at the Civic Center and Point Dume.
