00:02Public eyesores littered beside roads and on vacant land across the country.
00:07When waste is dumped and abandoned, its local council workers called to investigate.
00:13I think a lot of it can be very opportunistic as well.
00:16People trying to save $20 or whatever the dump fee is.
00:21This is one of the more common discarded items.
00:24Worn out wheels dumped because disposal fees are charged per tyre.
00:30Last year, getting rid of illegal waste cost Ipswich ratepayers more than $42,000.
00:36Local councils and health officials have told us most offenders do the wrong thing,
00:40allegedly because they're lazy.
00:42But here in Logan, charities are coming in contact with the human side of the problem.
00:47Some of this broken furniture doesn't belong to Bruce Laker.
00:51He's taking it to the dump on behalf of someone he supports through the St Vincent de Paul Society.
00:56He says when people get evicted for not keeping up with their rent,
01:00they're left with piles of waste without the means or money to dump it properly.
01:05They will try to get rid of it as much as they can.
01:09But a lot of times they'll just leave it behind.
01:12It's much easier to just leave it.
01:15The Ipswich Council says it's tried to make waste disposal easy.
01:19We've got quite a few services that people can use for free or is highly subsidised.
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