tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4030352031960855220.post8485313147332796516..comments2023-11-28T20:13:15.814-05:00Comments on e-i-e-i-omg! The final chapter?: The World is My Trash Can.Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573143203599624833noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4030352031960855220.post-52152237287128413722010-10-09T19:21:30.929-04:002010-10-09T19:21:30.929-04:00Erin and Mama Pea, well, thank goodness we're ...Erin and Mama Pea, well, thank goodness we're not the only blip on the map with the problem (I guess). Mama Pea, our little blip is part of a "metropolis" of a total of 1100 residents, many of whom are weekenders. So we all know who lives where. I guess it's more of a who-cares attitude. Maybe I should move north while I can still stand winter!<br /><br />Michelle - I stumble across all kinds of semi-burnt things on my piece of heaven. Apparently, the previous owners couldn't be bothered to haul their trash away. It's amazing what crops up!<br /><br />Hi Sparkless! Yes, we have to pay for garbage we find on our property if we take it in. I don't want to count the money I've spent taking old tires I've picked up to the recycling center. I finally used them to grow potatoes. At least I can recycle myself!<br /><br />Mel - you have to hand it to them. In the height of tick/mosquito season, they're out there trying to clean up the woods. Enough of us finally complained to the county and they come through in the late spring and pick up the neat stacks of tires. Local government - no way Jose.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573143203599624833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4030352031960855220.post-79116052316321289992010-10-09T17:41:52.309-04:002010-10-09T17:41:52.309-04:00I WONDERED who was pulling those tires out of the ...I WONDERED who was pulling those tires out of the woods....melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12252897236597700469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4030352031960855220.post-73999321501313821702010-10-09T14:27:36.484-04:002010-10-09T14:27:36.484-04:00It happens here. We have to pay to dump all that ...It happens here. We have to pay to dump all that garbage so now people drive out on beautiful country roads and dump their tires, old appliances, etc. It makes for some not so nice hikes.Sparklesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02806553694200529082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4030352031960855220.post-45052771122166743882010-10-09T11:59:37.165-04:002010-10-09T11:59:37.165-04:00Not as big a problem here as some places I've ...Not as big a problem here as some places I've been; we have the signs showing who is responsible for a stretch of road, too. The problem isn't new, though. I've found rusting pieces of OLD vehicles and machinery, metal buckets and such out in the woods....Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01550786937196525098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4030352031960855220.post-39900622845335024252010-10-09T11:11:48.451-04:002010-10-09T11:11:48.451-04:00Sad to say, but true. I think to a lesser extent ...Sad to say, but true. I think to a lesser extent in our sparsely populated area. Less people, less junk. <br /><br />We have two mile stretches of the main highway that people sign up to be responsible for keeping free of the litter that does find its way into the ditches. Many businesses take advantage of this for advertising. Everyone who maintains a stretch of road gets an little tasteful sign posted right on the road indicating who takes care of collecting the rubbish for that area.<br /><br />In town you will see piles by the curb with a "FREE" sign next to it. For the most part if the stuff is not gone in a reasonable length of time, the home owner takes responsibility for hauling it away. (Small town, you know, where everybody knows who lives where!)Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4030352031960855220.post-7541465803264681112010-10-09T08:55:54.605-04:002010-10-09T08:55:54.605-04:00ugh.... and yes!ugh.... and yes!Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06916896512933101955noreply@blogger.com