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| According
to the EPA's Illegal
Dumping Prevention Guidebook:
"Illegal
dumping is disposal of waste in an unpermitted area."
Here
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We
considered 4 types of sites:
- Residential
: Household garbage, including appliances, yard debris,
etc.
- Commercial
: Large-scale dumping, including tires and construction
wastes.
- Recreational
: Roadside litter and other garbage produced while recreating,
including animal carcasses, shotgun shells, cans and bottles.
- Hazardous
: Uncommon in our area, but includes dangerous wastes (i.e.
meth labs, oil, and other toxins).
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| No
common profile exists.
Can
be the owner of a small business, a target shooter who leaves
shotgun shells in an area, or a person who does not properly
tie down their trash on the way to the dump. |
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Dumpers
do not like to be seen...
but
they don't want to go out of their way to do it.
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Hidden
pullouts
- End
of spur roads
- at
night or early morning
- Close
to more populated areas
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| There
are many factors that contribute to illegal dumping:
- Legal
disposal is perceived to be too expensive
- People
believe they don't have time to make a trip to the dump
- Dumping
is generational: if parents do it, then it is likely that
their children will too.
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| So...How
to stop it?
- Enforcement:
increase patrols and issue more fines
- Proactive
Solutions: Education (especially for children)
- Gates
and other physical barriers
- See
also our research on Case Studies
and Grants
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So you think
you're an expert now, right? Well, check out our
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