A big mess

This garbage problem really stinks for everyone

In Teuflstraße in Linz, garbage piled up in the garbage room at the beginning of the week.(Bild: Horst Einöder/Flashpictures)

In housing estates all over the country, garbage is causing more and more conflict between residents. Because a few people don't care about the rules when it comes to waste disposal and litter and pollute everything, everyone ends up paying the price. A solution seems difficult.

"People just throw their garbage in the garbage room, it's not separated anyway and it smells terrible," says an annoyed tenant who lives in Teuflstraße in Linz. A local inspection by the "Krone" shows that it is even worse, because someone has simply dumped their bulky waste on the grass verge in front of the garbage room.