The glass Heidi Bourguignon is often compelled to clean up from reserves and other public areas is “so dangerous” the Wyndham Vale mother is pleading with other residents to help keep the municipality safe.
Like many other members of the public, Ms Bourguginon enjoys taking her children to the nearby Eureka Park, but is often confronted by the sight of broken remnants of smashed alcohol bottles littering the area.
“They mainly seem to be around children’s areas, at parks and bbq areas,” she said.
“The glass is sort of upright, it could easily slash someones food, so someone getting off a swing could easily be hurt.”
Ms Bourguginon said she felt hopeless, and didn’t know what could be done to fix the problem, except maybe educate the public.
“I often try to pick up like the most nasty dangerous looking pieces,” she said.
“It’s actually just getting to the point where it’s really frustrating and you can’t go out and enjoy yourself.”
Wyndham council director city operations Stephen Thorpe said the council needed the community’s support to help keep Wyndham clean.
“Council officers regularly attend parks to conduct services including mowing, gardening and litter collection,” Mr Thorpe said.
“Officers also clean barbecues and their immediate surrounds twice per week between 1 October and 31 March and once a fortnight during the off-peak season between April and September.
“Council officers will also attend a site within 24 hours once we are made aware of any hazard.”
Mr Thorpe said council also runs an on-call service that attempts to respond to any immediate hazard within an hour.
“We have dedicated waste education officers who aim to educate the community about their options for removing waste, and we offer three hard rubbish collections per household, per year,” he said.
“Council officers spend thousands of hours every year collecting rubbish.”
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