It's enough to turn heads: carpets, furniture, appliances, you name it stacked on sidewalks all across the City.
"The basic issues for us was it's unhealthy, it's a health hazard and it's a safety problem for pedestrians walking by," says Ron Lockwood, Moiliili Neighborhood Board.
Like a mattress left in the middle of the sidewalk on Algaroba street. A stretch that has stacks upon piles of bulky-items crowding the curb.
"Our next pickup is the 16th of January, it shouldn't be here today. OK, 16th January folks, you're 17 days early," says Lockwood.
A new law that takes affect January 1st will give the City authority to crack down on all the lingering bulky items.
"There's a lot of regulars that are on the list every single month," says Gregory Cuadra, Moiliili Neighborhood Board.
Cuadra walks his McCully-Moiliili neighborhood every month compiling a list of bulky-item violators. He estimates over half are repeat offenders.
"I've seen piles as big as trucks, seriously as big as trucks as long as trucks," says Cuadra. "We want to see enforcement we want to see the bulky items gone."
The new law says bulky-items can be placed on curbs no earlier than the evening before the first scheduled pick-up, or City Inspectors will fine property-owners up $250 per day for each violation.
"I think it's a good law but it's got to be applied fairly yeah," says Warick Sergeant.
Sergent manages an apartment in McCully and says on occasions City crews have missed the regularly scheduled pick-up on his street.
"If people put their trash out too early I think it is fair, but I don't want them coming around and penalizing everybody," says Sergeant.
The City has said crews will do their best not to miss streets and inspectors will use discretion to avoid citing innocent property-owners by going after habitual abusers.
To see a detailed schedule of pickup dates in your neighborhood visit
www.opala.org or call 768-3202.
