Illegal Trash Dumping

scesnick · Sep 20, 2010

I live up a 2.5 mile gravel road that I maintain but do not own. The local land fill is about 5 miles away but since they raised their rates it seems that my rural, out of the way road has become a good spot for illegal dumping.

I have rifled through a few piles in the last couple years and every single time I have found something with the illegal dumpers name on it. A quick call to my buddy who is a local State Trooper and the pile is cleaned up within 24 hours.

Well, a few days ago I was riding my quad in my back field ( which is not visible from the house) and there is a darn couch laying on the edge of my field. this time the illegal dumper dumped it on my property and I was mad for sure. So, I took the cushions off and low and behold there is an envelope with an address on it. I just happen to know these people in passing and they are low lifes for sure. So, I loaded up the couch in the truck this time and took the couch to the illegal dumpers house and dropped it off in their yard. By the time I got it off the truck the wife was standing on the porch so I told her I was returning her lost couch and no reward was necessary !!
Maybe not he best way to handle the situation but I was pretty mad at the time.

Redgoatea · Sep 20, 2010

Nice. We are one street up from our local dump and used to get people dumping on our private gravel drive. There are several houses on the drive and one of the neighbors posted a sign at the start of the road with a human silhouette in a set of crosshairs. It says "nothing up this road is worth your life" and "no dumping" haven't had a single dumping incidence since.

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marimus · Sep 20, 2010

Redgoatea said:
Nice. We are one street up from our local dump and used to get people dumping on our private gravel drive. There are several houses on the drive and one of the neighbors posted a sign at the start of the road with a human silhouette in a set of crosshairs. It says "nothing up this road is worth your life" and "no dumping" haven't had a single dumping incidence since. 7

Similar story happening out my way. They got really restrictive with what you can and can't dump, and raised the prices. Now people just dump it along the road.

My brother lives in the next county over, they accept all rubbish no problem no fee and no illegal dumping problems :confused2:

MossRoad · Sep 20, 2010

scesnick said:
...so I told her I was returning her lost couch and no reward was necessary !!
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Very classy and neighborly of you. :laughing: :thumbsup:

Transit · Sep 20, 2010

I had a load dumped in my driveway. It was the guy two houses down. Called the police, he was arrested, fined $1,500 and another $10,000 from the EPA, and clean up coasts. I won another $5,000 for harassment. He was a money fund manager and wanted to save money from land fill fees. It would only have been $500 at the land fill. He dose not like me [sob, sob, sob] any more. Go find someone that cares.

Brad_Blazer · Sep 20, 2010

Scesnick, I like your methods.

In my county the fee for maintaining the "convenience sites" is part of our annual property tax bill and everyone pays it. It's only about $20/year. IMHO that's the only way to go.

Big Bri · Sep 20, 2010

I haven't had anyone dump on my property but i do have lots of people use one of my business dumpsters. Wife thinks i'm crazy but i will pull the trash out look for an address and bring it back. I use to call the police but my local sheriffs office doesn't like to mess with it. I was always getting "you can't prove that they put that in your dumpster with out video or pic's." when i show them the mail or pay stub or what ever i'm told " they can say they lost it or that it must have blown out of a trash truck"
It has just been easier the last couple months just bring it back to their front door. I think one of them has gotten smart though, every week i get the same type of bag with no personal mail.

thinking about buying a game camera to try and catch them again.

arkansasbirdman · Sep 20, 2010

we have a road behine our shop that only I and the guy on the other side use
to get to the back of our property, and we was having a problem with Dumpers, So I put the post hole digger on the tractor, put two post in the ground, then got the welding machine working, and this is how I fixed the Problem, and it works, and the county has not said anything about it for over three years,

skipmarcy · Sep 20, 2010

What really gets me is that our county run "convenience center" is open 8 am - 6 pm 363 days a year (closed Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day) and they accept virtually anything you want to dump with no fees but people will still dump their crap on the side of the road just down from the entrance to the place !! Just 2 weeks ago someone dumped a whole truck or trailer load of furniture & garbage about 100 yards away from the entrance and it's still sitting there - I believe it is on county property. I consider people that do these things the slugs of society.

forgeblast · Sep 20, 2010

lots of dumping on my road. Its not only the trash that drives me crazy. Its the organics. For example never had a problem with burs until the "lady" up the road cleaned out her horse pasture and dumped them above us, well theres more then one thing that goes down hill and now i have been dealing with spraying for burs the last two years.
Karma related i knew it was her because she had a hole in her gas tank, and the gas line ran right back to her property. Maby do a couple of signs that say its electronically watched, or that your on video. not sure if that would help. harbor freight has dummy cams for cheap.

Mousefield · Sep 20, 2010

Scesnick, good move. :thumbsup: In the 80's I managed a large drycleaners and we had someone fill our dumpster with their garbage bags. I went through a bag and found their address. Loaded up a company van with the bags and dropped it off in their driveway about ½ mile away. Never heard anything more about it.

scesnick · Sep 20, 2010

Wow !! Seems like I'm nopt the only one who has this problem. I am lucky that illegal dumping is one of my state trooper buddies pet peeve.

I found a load on the side of the road this past spring and of course I found all kinds of mail with the culprits name on it.
My buddy had them out there cleaning it up in the rain. lol..

txdon · Sep 20, 2010

Scesnick, what was the reaction of the couch's owner?:thumbsup:

scesnick · Sep 20, 2010

txdon said:
Scesnick, what was the reaction of the couch's owner?:thumbsup:

She just kinda looked at me with a surprised look on her face. She didn't seem too happy. I really don't think she knew why I was throwing it on her property, but I'm sure her husband told her later.

jpm · Sep 21, 2010

you mean she wasn't happy to have her couch back? what was she lounging on?she didn't offer you a reward,money ,coffee,a good time,nothing how rude!!

MossRoad · Sep 21, 2010

scesnick said:
I found a load on the side of the road this past spring and of course I found all kinds of mail with the culprits name on it.
My buddy had them out there cleaning it up in the rain. lol..

Kinda reminds me of the song "Alice's Restaurant".

we got a phone call from officer Obie. He said, "Kid, we found your name on an envelope at the bottom of a half a ton of garbage, and just wanted to know if you had any information about it.":laughing:

Link to entire lyrics of Alice's restaurant

txdon · Sep 21, 2010

I like his answer: "I cannot tell a lie, I put that envelope
under that garbage.":laughing:

MossRoad · Sep 21, 2010

I like the part where he is in jail sitting on the bench...

and he was mean 'n' ugly 'n' nasty 'n' horrible and all kind of things and
he sat down next to me and said, "Kid, whad'ya get?" I said, "I didn't get
nothing, I had to pay $50 and pick up the garbage." He said, "What were you
arrested for, kid?" And I said, "Littering." And they all moved away from
me on the bench there, and the hairy eyeball and all kinds of mean nasty
things, till I said, "And creating a nuisance." And they all came back,
shook my hand, and we had a great time on the bench,

impdaddy · Sep 21, 2010

The scene at the draft physical location was in Springfield, Ma. That is where I passed my physical and they told us we would be inducted within 21 days. I said yeah right this is the gov't. I didn't trust them so enlisted in USAF. BTW this was in 1968 and I do believe they did induct within 21 days. Good thing was I met my wife while stationed at a base. 4 kids and 39 yrs later she still puts up with me. I guess I was lucky. Kinda off the point but what the heck.