Notice from the Riverside District Office
From 1 March, household refuse will be collected on Tuesday and Friday evenings only. The truck stops at each street corner for ten minutes.
Residents who sort their waste correctly for six months will receive a free set of reusable bags. Questions: 02-2345-6789.
河濱區公所公告
自三月一日起，家庭垃圾僅於週二與週五傍晚收運。垃圾車在每個街角停留十分鐘。
連續六個月正確分類的住戶，可獲得一組免費環保袋。洽詢電話：02-2345-6789。
Free repairs by your neighbors
Volunteers repair your things while you wait. There is no charge, but a small gift to the neighborhood fund is welcome if you can afford one.
Please bring no more than two items per visit, and take any broken parts home with you. Anything left behind on Sunday evening goes to the dump, which is exactly what we are trying to avoid.
由鄰居免費為你修理
志工會當場為你修理，不必等待取件。完全免費，但若行有餘力，歡迎小額捐款給社區基金。
每次來訪請攜帶不超過兩件物品，並把換下來的壞零件帶回家。週日傍晚留下沒帶走的東西都會送往垃圾場，而那正是我們想避免的事。
Thirty years ago vultures were everywhere in northern India. Then, within a single decade, more than ninety percent of them disappeared.
The cause was a cheap medicine given to sick cattle. It was harmless to the cows themselves, but any vulture that fed on a treated animal died within days. Three species came close to extinction.
The drug was banned in 2006, and special centers now raise young birds before setting them free. Numbers are rising, though slowly. Villagers know the difference well: without vultures, dead animals lie in the open for weeks, and packs of wild dogs move in.
三十年前，禿鷲在印度北部隨處可見。後來，短短十年之間，超過九成的禿鷲消失了。
原因是一種給生病牛隻使用的廉價藥物。這種藥對牛本身無害，但任何吃到用過這種藥的牛屍的禿鷲，幾天內就會死亡。有三個物種一度瀕臨絕種。
這種藥在二○○六年被禁用，如今也有專門的收容中心先養大幼鳥再野放。數量正在回升，只是相當緩慢。村民很清楚其中的差別：沒有禿鷲，動物屍體會在野外曝曬好幾週，成群的野狗也跟著出現。
Waste collected by student volunteers at Green Bay, in kilograms.
| Type | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plastic bottles | 310 | 280 | 190 |
| Fishing nets | 90 | 120 | 140 |
| Glass | 60 | 55 | 50 |
| Metal cans | 45 | 40 | 44 |
Shops began charging a deposit on bottles in 2023. Fishing nets, however, still arrive from boats far out at sea, and no local rule can stop them.
學生志工在綠灣撿到的廢棄物，單位為公斤。
| 種類 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 寶特瓶 | 310 | 280 | 190 |
| 漁網 | 90 | 120 | 140 |
| 玻璃 | 60 | 55 | 50 |
| 金屬罐 | 45 | 40 | 44 |
商店自二○二三年起開始對寶特瓶收取押金。然而漁網仍不斷從遠海的漁船漂來，任何地方性規定都擋不住。