[SOC] [OT] Recycling -includes tubes and electronics

[Chris Lashmar]

Nice Recycling and I believe you colonials call it trash collection I
admire the true community spirit
Chris M6CJL 73's

On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 4:06 AM, Adrian Flynn <adrianjamesflynn at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 1:38 AM, Ian C. Purdie <ianpurdie at integritynet.com.au
>> wrote:
>
>> Recycling is at fever pitch in my little part of the world.
>>
>> I've might mentioned before how, locally we mostly passionately recycle.
>>
>> Another view.
>>
>> Again I might have mentioned our Council "Cleanups". Excepting certain
>> toxic materials, my council will, four times a year for every resident,
>> pick up heaps of stuff
>>
>> The motivation originally, was not so much environmental but to stop
>> people dumping heaps of stuff in the bush or on the side of roads.
>>
>>
>>
> Hello Ian,
> I use to live in a small small community in AZ called *Sun Valley, AZ.
> *<http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=navajo+sun+valley+az&gs_upl=4507l9826l0l10152l20l11l0l5l5l0l924l2985l0.5.4.1.6-1l16l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&biw=1254&bih=604&wrapid=tlif132305629991510&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x872fa6b41dbb063d:0xf95e5a1b2076f319,Sun+Valley,+AZ&gl=us&ei=uDzcTq7vDIzcggf5v9nqDA&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CCcQ8gEwAA>
> (Do
> Not believe the ads along side the Google Map they are all wrong! I will
> guarantee it!)
> It is on* Interstate 40* which replaced the *U.S. Route 66* that I think
> the world knows about.
>
> In June of 2008 IIRC we had a *"Community Clean UP"* helped in part by
> complaints to the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality which brought
> out the big guns to Sun Valley from the state Capital in Phoenix, AZ.
>
> We were complaining of our little community being used as a dumping ground
> by others living in N.E. Arizona as they did not want to pay the dump fees
> for disposal of hazardous materials and also about the local cities making
> it very expensive for local members to dump large trash items but not
> charging their own citizens.
>
> Also the Hazardous materials dump site would not allow any private dumping
> so you were in a catch 22.
> We got an agreement from the local city to provide dumpsters to collect
> major trash from our citizens and that the AZ EPA would pay the
> dump/transportation fees. (This took almost a year and some court time).
>
> Also the EPA came in and cleaned up the 10 areas that had been used for
> "Wildcat Dumping" which took *(122) 35'X8'X8'* trash bins alone!
>
> The day of the trash collection the local "CITY?" didn't think we would
> fill 2 of those large dumpsters and complained when we asked for 6 of them
> but they brought them.
> We sorted most items mainly for hazardous materials, and filled the 6 bins
> by 10AM!
> We ended up filling *18 bins* that day and in follow up cleanup of just
> Hazardous materials "Tires, Gas Tanks, Refrigerators, Freezers,
> Electronics, Etc:" took another 4 days and filled another *20 bins!*
>
> So far there has not been a follow up to this clean up day but I will bet
> there is at least that much more to toss due to the local trash collector
> refusal to take large items and the "Cities?" continued high charges.
>
> AZ EPA is keeping an eye on it also and any "Wildcat Dumping" is checked as
> soon as reported to the Sheriff now and if anything is found to identify
> who did it they are now "Cited" and if convicted in court they are fined
> PLUS they have to go out and clean up all of the trash they dropped plus
> 1000' around it!
>
> We do need to find ways to get rid of trash the right way without gouging
> people at the same time.
>
> 73
> Adrian KF7DYU
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