Something is going on with the trash. Found a tarp with some of the trash on it. I saw part of the trash that was scattered down the road last Saturday and found the big pile today.View attachment 58445
It's the same pile that nchawkeye found in the UwharriesWhere was this nc? Uwharrie?
Something is going on with the trash. Found a tarp with some of the trash on it. I saw part of the trash that was scattered down the road last Saturday and found the big pile today.View attachment 58445
Looks like maybe someone has gone through the trash looking for "evidence".
Nothing to do with this in particular: I think this was when Scotland County created a "solid waste officer" or something. Local paper, The Laurinburg Exchange, had an article about the officer and trash dumping. In the article, it said a way the officer determines who is the responsible person is by looking through trash. If he finds mail, prescriptions, anything with name and address he knows who was responsible. Anyway..you get it. I was sitting at my parents kitchen table when I read it. I remember throwing my arms up and said something like, "The idiots just told how they catch people. So the ones that hear about this won't put mail, etc. in the trash they dump.". Morons. lol
The people that do this aren't that smart.
I really don't get why someone would do this or the fact that whomever dumped this must have been piling their trash at their home for many months. I bet that was some smelly and nasty stuff.
I hope they are forced to clean it up themselves.
I'm going to post a picture or 2 of a "residence" later on when I have more time. You won't believe how some people live.
After 27 years of law enforcement, yes I would.I'm going to post a picture or 2 of a "residence" later on when I have more time. You won't believe how some people live.
I haven’t personally heard of it before, but that was a scenario I was going to ask about. If I paid someone to haul trash and they dumped it to keep from paying the landfill, am I still responsible since everything in it will have my name?I've seen over the years that the owners of the trash paid someone to take it to the dump and the workers up their profits by illegally dumping.
We normally charge the dumper in these cases. The owners are very cooperative when they find out what's happened.I haven’t personally heard of it before, but that was a scenario I was going to ask about. If I paid someone to haul trash and they dumped it to keep from paying the landfill, am I still responsible since everything in it will have my name?
I haven’t personally heard of it before, but that was a scenario I was going to ask about. If I paid someone to haul trash and they dumped it to keep from paying the landfill, am I still responsible since everything in it will have my name?
Had that happen once that I knew of. The officer went to the residence and turned out he knew the guy. The person who claimed he paid someone to haul it had done community service at the landfill. lol. He was responsible and had to remove the trash. It was quite a bit, some heavy...well over the felony amount. Officer wouldn't charge him unless he didn't get trash up. I wish they would be charged as well as having to get the trash up.
We've got a property that's on the first gravel road 2 miles down the road from a county dump, and it has seen plenty of illegal dumping along the road over the decades. There is no excuse for it, but the county waste department isn't always helping. I believe the majority of it is items that were not accepted at the dump or the dump was closed. It's rarely any bagged trash - usually tires, sofas, appliances and other large items.We have a large landfill in the center of the county as well as satellite sites scattered across the county, all available at no fee except for construction debris etc. Yet, garbage is still dumped and thrown out all over. It really is disgraceful.
Dat's the Warden's job.Carry medical gloves so you can go through trash more safely. If you have gloves with you, you might be more likely to look then. I've used sticks to go through trash. Sometimes you get lucky.
Be careful poking around in piles of trash as some of the meth making byproducts can be rather dangerous.