Mark Snyder wrote:
WM: For years it's been the "custom" for people with a truckload of assorted garbage and trash to use the 29th St. Depression (newly, 29th St. Greenway) to cheaply rid themselves of trash. Swede's Hollow in St. Paul was used likewise. The Yellow Medicine River, way out in Lyon County, MN has been used that way. The people doing the dumping sure know it's illegal, they don't care. The Phillips Neighborhood once called in the EPA on a "fresh" load of illegal dumping. The EPA went through all of it until they found an envelope with someone's name on it. They contacted the name and discovered that he had paid, along with many of his neighbors, to have the trash hauled to a legal dump and pay for it's disposal/burial. The truck owner, who had a straight 2-ton, was arrested, charged, jailed. The truck, having been left on the street, was impounded and had been sold off before the guilty party got out of jail.Craig is right - and it's not limited to just the big dumpsters you find around apartment buildings. wonder how many folks realize that doing this is essentially illegal dumping of garbage?
The attitude seems to be, "Catch me if you can, sucker!" No different from the attitude of street corner pharmacists and pavement princesses (and princes) on the stroll.
A few months ago, I even discovered one neighbor across the alley whoWM: We have that system in Central Neighborhood and for those whose property abuts a commercial street or is within walking distance of a store or gas station, it's been disastrous. Half my block has worked hard for as many as 16 years to keep up with the trash--without overwhelming success. Pizza boxes, Colonel Chicken waste, the ubiquitous plastic bag, and, of course, condoms, needles, and teeny-tiny zip-lock baggies and tiny bottles. Because of this ever-trash situation, Susan Young's staff is always on our butts about trash within 20 ft. of the bin. It makes one of my neighbors apoplectic, which concerns me for his health. The trash makers don't ever seem to get caught and I'll be damned if I'm sitting out in the alley all night every Monday to see that no one tosses anything till the haulers get there Tuesday morning. Most of the gun shots happen at night!
decided that I would be the beneficiary of the broken plaster and other
debris swept up from when he knocked down his garage. When I got the letter
from Mpls Solid Waste and Recycling saying that I had to clean up his mess
or be fined, that's when I finally got fed up and paid him a visit,
returning his debris; and telling him where it should be hauled. So far, I
haven't had any recurrences.
I understand this kind of problem is one of the big reasons Minneapolis has
been reluctant to switch to a "true" Pay-As-You-Throw program for charging
for trash collection.
This system was visited on us by a rogue neighborhood group (not CNIA) who pressured city hall to get this "pilot program" in place here.
WM: My household produces excess solid waste principally due to excess packaging of goods and* Minnesota continues to produce more municipal solid waste (MSW). In 2001, 5.75 million tons of mixed MSW were generated in Minnesota. Statewide, this represents a nearly 3.5% increase from 2000, and a 47% increase since 1991.
groceries.
WizardMarks, Central
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