Illegal dumping

jinman · Apr 7, 2006

( Not charging fees at the dump is a good idea .... yeah - but a lot of landfills are privately owned and operated now as a "for profit" enterprise. Can't see them going for a "no fee" agreement unless the local govmint pays for it. )

We actually did pay for it as a garbage collection fee on our water bill. Also once per year (springtime) they have two sites in town set aside where you can bring things on a Saturday for free - no paint, pesticides, herbicides, or tires. My guess is a lot of paint, pesticides, and herbicides show up at the sewage treatment plant...tires are too darn hard to flush. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Also, you can set an appliance or couch out on the curb and call to have it picked up for free. Often it takes two days for the collectors to come by. I think my maximum time for something to stay on my curb was about 15 minutes with no call at all. I never understood it, but you could set a fridge on the curb and someone would be stopped, loading it into their pickup almost before you could get back into the house. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif One time a little girl came up to me in the yard and said, "My Daddy has your microwave, but it doesn't work." What was I to say? I just said, "Oh...too bad it doesn't work." Watchagonnado? /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

turnkey4099 · Apr 8, 2006

Yes, the charges to dump stuff can be outrageous. It isn't hard at all to find stuff that costs more to dump than it did to buy it new.

Harry K

Av8r3400 · Apr 8, 2006

Yet people keep going to China-Mart and buying more JUNK that will have to be thrown away within 5 years...

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(Just finished a ditch cleanup at my property too)

LBrown59 · Apr 8, 2006

I never understood it, but you could set a fridge on the curb and someone would be stopped, loading it into their pickup almost before you could get back into the house.
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This is an easy one: People want old refrigerators and freezers to us for storage.
I have One I use for keeping my gas and diesel in. In the 15 years its been setting here I've probably had about 12 people ask me if I wanted to get rid of it.
With this kind of demand I don't pay my trash hauler an extra 15 bucks to take it to the dump. I just set it down by the road and put a free sign on it and it's gone in a flash.

LBrown59 · Apr 8, 2006

( Yet people keep going to China-Mart and buying more JUNK that will have to be thrown away within 5 years...

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(Just finished a ditch cleanup at my property too) )

Hain't that the truth!

LBrown59 · Apr 8, 2006

How about this one.
At least 3 tanker tractor trailer trucks that appear to be hauling to an abandoned land fill that was closed years ago by the EPA and the county.

midlf · Apr 11, 2006

Nothing good coming from that. I would report it to the DNR. It could be endangering your water supply.

I have an abandoned gravel pit across the road from us that I keep a close eye on for illegal dumping. Junk attracts junk.

scott_vt · Apr 12, 2006

Mornin Hud,
It always amazed me that some people have the gumtion to dump their trash on someone elses land /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

On just a little different twist, on the back corner of my property, there used to be a small dump years ago /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif Really not too bad, but still have a few old tires an old chaise lounge etc. But what was interesting was some real old bottles and the old style beer cans, ahh remember the church key? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

scotty

kc5dlo · Apr 12, 2006

A co-worker was once telling me about an old uprite freezer that had quit working. After getting a friend to help him move the new one in, they moved the old one to the Farm to Market rd out front and put a "FOR SALE" sign on it. It was gone the next morning. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

dooleysm · Apr 12, 2006

When I sold my first home to an older gentleman he told me that he would haul off anything I didn't feel like taking with me. He had some land in a nearby county and said he had several 'hollers' where he could dump stuff. I shudder at the thought. I've spent a good deal of time cleaning up trash that had been dumped in ditches on my new property by the previous owners.

I don't know if dumping on your own land is better or worse than dumping on someone elses?