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

[Michael Coslo]

On Dec 4, 2011, at 11:06 PM, Adrian Flynn wrote in part:

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> 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).
> 

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> We do need to find ways to get rid of trash the right way without gouging
> people at the same time.

We're about halfway there where I live. I can load up by vehicle with as much stuff as I want (non-hazardous) and drive down to the transfer station. I get weighed - my vehicle that is -  on the way in, then weighed again. It's ten dollars minimum, but easy to do, and they are open every day but Sunday. And that 10 dollars covers a lot of trash, something like a ton or more - I just cant get that much in my vehicle.

For Hazardous stuff though, we're still a little messed up. Too many restrictions, and only one weekend a year.  People are SOC, and you have to make it easy for them, or they take bad shortcuts.


- 73 de Mike N3LI -