We go to the dump...er landfill...er transfer facility (terms used to describe the place over the years)...once a week. Our facility is open on Fri, Sat, Sun, and Mon, excluding holidays.
We recycle plastic, glass, tin cans, aluminum cans, paper other than cardboard which includes chipboard such as cereal boxes and like material, and cardboard. We have separate areas for larger metal, electronics, construction materials, and other things.
Personally, we have separate bins at our house for cans, glass, cans, and paper. Makes the recycling process quite easy.
SerenityRick, what you may not realize is that the recycling done at your facility is undoubtably the same as it is in Alton: there are monetary proceeds that the transfer station receives for the recycling. Speaking for Alton, this recycling significantly reduces the operating costs of our transfer facility. It is more than "what is good for the economy", but has to deal more with keeping refuse costs down as low as possible. With no recycling, the cost to dispose of the "rubbish" increases dramatically, as does the availability of locations at which to dispose of the trash.
Alton has about 4 or 5 Saturdays during the summer to dispose of hazardous wastes. The governmental regulations, both State and Federal, are significant, and we do our disposal in conjuction with Wolfeboro.
Recycling, regardless of where hazardous or not, is simply a matter of money. In fact, Alton has had to build roofed areas over concrete with waste water collection in conformity with Regs.
Sorry you feel so intimidated or having your privacy invaded. If you came to an Alton deliberative session, you would hear about the warrant article each year for the transfer station, and how much of the money requested is for the mandated testing via test wells that Alton has to do each because of ground water contamination in years past when we didn't care about that sort of thing.
Reverse Rant...no finger pointing...just want to give an opposing view to the dump...er landfill...er transfer station stuff.
