A broken chair beside the garage doesn't look like much of a problem. Neither does a stack of cardboard near the back door or a small pile of old timber left beside a renovation area.
The trouble starts when those small piles begin to multiply.
What was supposed to be temporary can gradually spread across a driveway, garage, backyard or spare room. Before long, the rubbish isn't simply waiting to be removed. It's getting in the way of the things people actually need to do.