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Yeah, you can just request it from my council here in Melbourne as well and they'll do it. You can ask for a courtesy collection or say that it was missed.
Yeah I mean, it would cost them way more to verify that stuff than to just pick the bin up. You've also got to remember that garbage collection is a public health issue, especially in a large city, as well as an environmental one.
How would they verify that though? There's no such thing* as a "list of residents". They don't have access to things like elector rolls or driver's license databases and even then those wouldn't be fully complete. They have property title records but those don't show all residents and are useless for renters.
I think you're just surprised by something working by the honour system, because so many things in Aus require you to prove beyond the shadow of a doubt, like Centrelink. But more interactions with the government should be set up like this. We spend way more money trying to catch "doll bludgers" than we get back.
You're right that I'm surprised by the honor system, not arguing that. I don't know, I figured they could perhaps cross check automatically with some database such a driver's license but, guess not . What you said makes absolute sense.
Same my council out west offers like 1 or 2 extra collections a year? Just request it on their site and done.
Where I live, I believe they are contractors appointed by the city
Huh? I'm not sure what of my comment you're replying too?
Np. It's a long one ;)
Replying specifically to the italic part.
Where I am they (probably) couldnt care less about the health and only fulfill their contract duties.
But wouldn't part of their contract duties include going back for a missed collection if the government body told them too? Or is this somewhere that's unincorporated and they get paid by homeowners directly? We don't really have unincorporated territory in most places where people live in Australia so I'm not familiar.
Not entirely sure. For the record: It's Germany. No need for ambiguity.
According to my munincipality the city is responsible for the collection (I believe they they still contract a 3rd party. Or at least in the city where I live).
The fee is paid by the landowner. Thus the tenants probably get the fees handed down with the rent.
Regarding missed collection: I assume the same as some others mentioned: Call the city hall and complain. They will relay it to the collection company.
All I've gotta do is fill out a webform, it's pretty simple.