Sign of the times
Back in the early 2000's a
person could dump their trash around here during normal working hours,
and if they were so inclined take home a discarded lawn mower, give it
a little TLC, and feel good about recycling the old fashioned way.
It's different now.
Scavenging is not only discouraged, but it's treated as criminal
behavior. I'm not sure what the fine or jail time might be, but each
station now has an attendant to keep an eye out for scavengers.
I'm guessing the cost of
those attendants is what forced the reduced hours of operation. A major
drag when you drive all the way there and realize they closed at noon,
which is the main reason I took this picture. It helps that our new
helper has a permit to use multiple county locations, but still
requires some basic knowledge of these odd times.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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I remember as a child excited to go to the dump with my Dad ~ here in Oregon it was a long drive into a valley, thru the forest, so was always very picturesque and then at the dump, they actually pulled aside stuff that could be reused and gave away free ~ it was this pile that I loved to peruse for my forts and my Dad would find treasures to revamp and use. Then in later years, this pile was not free anymore, they would resell this pile now ~ then the dump closed down when the new , closer in town , warehouse dump station was built. I understand now that was good for our Mother Earth, but the new dump station has attendees that monitor that you don't pick out any of the trash that was left before you. They don't keep anything themselves, they say its for your safety.
I saw an awesome rabbit hutch that was still intact ... could've been a great addition to my homestead. 