11-12-2018, 08:44 AM
As a private sector dump owner, would you be willing to staff your dump 24/7 including holidays? If not, how would you deal with toxic waste, e-waste, and other unacceptable things being dumped overnight? Could you deal with it in a way that will not end up making your dump unprofitable?
To really solve this, I think government is required. Change the rules as to what can be dumped when (if you don't always allow toxic items or tires, where will they end up instead?) Run the dump at a loss, knowing that you are saving greater environmental costs down the road. Invest in innovative programs that private industry might not (automated trash sorting, tire mulching, trash incinerating for power generation, on-island recycling).
We could (and should) be leading in these areas, living on an island. Instead we are griping about people that at least are driving down to the transfer station, instead of throwing their trash into their neighbor's bushes.
To really solve this, I think government is required. Change the rules as to what can be dumped when (if you don't always allow toxic items or tires, where will they end up instead?) Run the dump at a loss, knowing that you are saving greater environmental costs down the road. Invest in innovative programs that private industry might not (automated trash sorting, tire mulching, trash incinerating for power generation, on-island recycling).
We could (and should) be leading in these areas, living on an island. Instead we are griping about people that at least are driving down to the transfer station, instead of throwing their trash into their neighbor's bushes.