Red rubber bands on the sidewalk, red rubber bands in the hallway. Two weeks ago I reported to this point about the finds, I aufsammle regularly in my Kreuzberg neighbourhood. My suspicion: Those rubber bands used in the Post.
As the district office of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, told now, is it also discarded or carelessly dropped rubber bands to “violations, according to the Berlin street cleaning law, can be punished with fines up to 10,000 Euro (by law angedrohtes maximum). As a rule, however, a warning will be raised funds of between 20 and 35 euros“.
In this case, neither the one nor the other happens, but so far. The reason for this is, according to the district office: “the Crucial factor, and that an unambiguous assignment of an infringement to a certain (natural or legal) Person is required.” And who, pray tell, should provide doubt-free and legal-strength proof of who has lost what is the red rubber band?
As suspects, Deutsche Post and Pin AG in question
the legal persons as suspects for the illegal waste Deposit in question, we had reported: Deutsche Post said on request, to combine their letters only in the delivery of larger companies or in high-rise settlements with rubber bands.
rubber bands of contention: The red ribbons of the PIN AG (l) and Deutsche Post in the comparison.Photo: Peter Kaiser / PIN AG
Of the Pin AG, to listen, to use such tapes, but the deliverers were keen to collect and re-use. But, of course, is not excluded, that now and again a rubber. The Pin AG, also provided a photo that shows the rubber band variant of the own company (long), next to the Post (short). Thanks for the help in our investigations.
The phenomenon of the loss of rubber bands by postal service providers is not new: The Organisation “Keep Britain tidy” before the “Royal Mail” for years, to dispose of the mass of rubber bands in the environment. According to information from the state-run British Post office’s annual consumption of 338 tons of rubber bands, refers to the fact that the gums are biodegradable.
Waste Watcher to ensure cleanliness
In Berlin, in the future, the Waste Watcher is to ensure that natural and legal persons behave clean. “Clean Berlin” is the name of the program in the Senate, the city envisages 100 garbage sheriffs. Eleven of them will come in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, “of which, however, has only four Posts filled and trained could be,” from the town hall.
freshly trained Waste Watcher should, perhaps, not the same with large mail companies to create. Before taking the shading of letter carriers, you could get to Practice low-threshold and in the case of natural persons, with a gentle education try.
For starters, the community school would be in the neighborhood a suitable location. Every Morning, just before eight o’clock accumulate in the vicinity of the school, empty bread bags, coffee mugs, and what else remains of packaging from the Breakfast from the supermarket left.
The students are certainly grateful for a friendly hint as to where the closest waste bin is and how to use it.
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Stephan Wiehler
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