Clean-Up Campaign

secondcurve · 06-22-2007, 08:50 PM

One thing that drives me absolutely nuts is litter along our roads. I think that litter bugs should be jailed this includes smokers who dispose of their butts rather than putting them in ash trays! Okay, maybe jailing these people is somewhat harsh, but how about a caning program like the one used in Singapore?

All kidding aside, how do folks feel about organizing a lake wide road trash pickup sometime this fall? If we got 5-10 people per town we might make a dent.

viands · 06-22-2007, 09:36 PM

Can we paint/replace the bench at Brewster Field and the three at the town docks/Dockside as well?

Island Life · 06-23-2007, 05:41 AM

We do this on my street at home every Spring, the same weekend every year, and it's a great community building event. Everyone goes out for a few hours and then we gather at one person's house for coffee and treats. I bet this will catch on. Maybe you should organize forum members to put up flyers in each town a few weeks before the event.

fatlazyless · 06-23-2007, 06:58 AM

NH is about the only state for a thousand miles that has no bottle or can deposit. No refundable nickel or dime added to your Dr Pepper or Busch beer. So, what's to stop you from cleaning a littered nickel can from New Hampshire and redeeming it in Quibec, Maine, Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Virginia, Ohio, Maryland, or Washington DC?

vrrooom · 06-23-2007, 08:24 AM

There must be some sort of program in Gilford, as several times a year, I see two elderly women picking up trash in blue bags along route 11. The bags are then picked up by either the state or Gilford orange trucks. My wife picks up trash along the road by the lake where we live, again several times a year. We should all "Just Do It", as many of us spend time in NJ, you would need a skip loader to clean up the roadsides in the garden state. For all the money they spend in that state, the roadsides are a perpetual dump.

SAMIAM · 06-23-2007, 10:11 AM

My neighbor and I do about a mile of our road each spring.......I can tell you that Bud is the beer of choice of the ice fishing community....followed by Mikes Hard lemonade.We usually get 5-6 large garbage bags full.Someone dumped an old dishwasher this spring and I had my trailer on so I took it to the Meredith dump...oops...I mean reclaimation center.I explained to the attendant that it wasn't mine and I thought I was helping out by removing it,but he still charged me.Any other good dump stories out there?

Rose · 06-23-2007, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by fatlazyless

So, what's to stop you from cleaning a littered nickel can from New Hampshire and redeeming it in... Massachusetts...

There are signs on the machines down here in Mass. that state it's illegal to try to redeem cans that aren't refundable...can't remember what the penalty is. Why don't you try it and find out?

I'm not even sure the machines would take the cans.

vrrooom · 06-23-2007, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Rose

There are signs on the machines down here in Mass. that state it's illegal to try to redeem cans that aren't refundable...can't remember what the penalty is. Why don't you try it and find out?

I'm not even sure the machines would take the cans.

My wife redeems cans a couple of times a year when she visits my daughter in Marina Bay. Her story is once you fight off the street people at the redemption manchines to get your nickel, she gets enough money to pay for lunch at Spiro's.

Rattlesnake Guy · 06-23-2007, 09:03 PM

I believe there is a uv illuminated code on the legal cans that the machines detect to keep us from doing the wrong thing.

Windrider · 06-24-2007, 07:46 AM

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Originally Posted by SAMIAM

My neighbor and I do about a mile of our road each spring.......I can tell you that Bud is the beer of choice of the ice fishing community....followed by Mikes Hard lemonade.We usually get 5-6 large garbage bags full.Someone dumped an old dishwasher this spring and I had my trailer on so I took it to the Meredith dump...oops...I mean reclaimation center.I explained to the attendant that it wasn't mine and I thought I was helping out by removing it,but he still charged me.Any other good dump stories out there?

SAMIAM....you must know by now that no good deed goes unpunished at the Meredith Dump! If you ever have a day when you feel you haven't had your full quota of rude behavior and outright hostility, visit those fine folks and you'll have all you can bear. Their behavior is always shameful at best. I often wonder why the selectmen or towm manager hasn't done somethig, surely they must get complaints.

NeckLass · 06-24-2007, 07:22 PM

Windrider . . . you are not alone in your feelings re da dump! I've been taken to task several times for honest mistakes by folks who now remind me of the chef in the Seinfeld episode where Elaine is told, "NO SOUP FOR YOU!"

And, while we're on the subject, what's the deal with the room for items too good to be tossed? I've never encountered a town where those items were placed "on sale" . . . . "If you don't want to pay, let it lay" says one (obnoxious) sign . . . .Where does that $$ go anyway . . . ?

But I digress. For me, at least, recycling has become more of a chore because of the attitude of some of the employees at da dump.

SIKSUKR · 06-25-2007, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by NeckLass

Windrider . . .
And, while we're on the subject, what's the deal with the room for items too good to be tossed? I've never encountered a town where those items were placed "on sale" . . . . "If you don't want to pay, let it lay" says one (obnoxious) sign . . . .Where does that $$ go anyway . . . ?
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Here in Bedford NH we have a building set aside for this exact purpose.I have replaced windows and garage doors and left the old ones to be resold.I don't really care where the money goes cause I was throwing them away anyway and I'm glad they didn't end up in a landfill.I believe in our town the money goes to local town non-profit groups and the people that run are not on the town payroll.I think it's a great idea.

RLW · 06-25-2007, 10:08 AM

I think we have gone a bit off subject, but I'll add my 2¢ worth. Why would a town/city/county want to pay for an attendant to stay at a location collecting money when they may never sell the amount of his salary. In Alton is take it in an artical and leave it at the shed and the attendants place them in certain areas as needed when time allows and the public just go in and takes what he or she fields that they can use. If an item stays to long into the dumpster it goes. It has worked excellent for the past 3 or 4 years and hopefully for those that can use the material it will continue.

Sunbeam lodge · 06-25-2007, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Windrider

SAMIAM....you must know by now that no good deed goes unpunished at the Meredith Dump! If you ever have a day when you feel you haven't had your full quota of rude behavior and outright hostility, visit those fine folks and you'll have all you can bear. Their behavior is always shameful at best. I often wonder why the selectmen or towm manager hasn't done somethig, surely they must get complaints.

I have to agree. They sure are a hostile bunch. Try dropping off a mattress with metal springs or some other article that you don't know what to do with.

rander7823 · 06-25-2007, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by NeckLass

Windrider . . . you are not alone in your feelings re da dump! I've been taken to task several times for honest mistakes by folks who now remind me of the chef in the Seinfeld episode where Elaine is told, "NO SOUP FOR YOU!"

Maybe Newman and Kraemer can help you out

http://www.sonypictures.com/tv/shows...episode&ep=721

dpg · 06-25-2007, 10:56 AM

Dumps/landfulls are getting crazy. I buy a recycle sticker at mine in Mass for the sole purpose of bring engine oil. Well, Saturday the shed was closed with a sign to see the attendant. I did and he had to open it for me, said people were "illegally" (SP?) dumping oil in there? How the heck do you do this? I wasn't in the mood or else I would of asked the fine man. Their newest thing is to sell stickers for trailers along WITH your car. They figure your able to haul more in if your a trailer owner so they need to get something to cover that

. And then these towns wonder why people dump dishwashers at the side of the road.

NeckLass · 06-25-2007, 06:17 PM

Yes, we’ve deviated from the original post . . . should we set up a fall weekend cleanup in our various towns to keep Winni’s many access roads free of trash? I think it’s a great idea and would help in setting it up in Meredith.

I’ve noticed blue bags of trash on the sides of my road in the last 3 or 4 days. Didn’t see who was collecting, but think the blue bags mean that it is Town initiated and that trash will be picked up by Town employees.

That doesn’t mean that something can’t be done by individuals. We should find out the various collection dates and schedule our pickup dates between those of the towns’. I often pick up trash while walking my dog. However, I get to handle it a second time to make it acceptable to Transfer Station recycling requirements. It would be great if those of us who would like to help by picking up trash (paper, bottles, cans, plastic) from the roadways be given the blue bags and some dispensation (is the trash in those blue bags sorted?) from sorting by the town/transfer station management. I doubt that this would happen unless there was a REAL effort to make it happen. So, we get to handle the trash of others twice . . . Guess that’s just a fact of life. (As an aside, I am transfixed by the ability of individuals traveling at 45+++ mph to toss an empty Budweiser can 20 feet into the woods!! What a talent!)

The issue of the “too good to toss” shop at the Meredith station deserves another paragraph. Scratch the surface of life in Meredith and you will find many people who do not live in huge houses on the lake . . . We all know that. So, if I have something I think might be of use to a neighbor, why can’t I give it away??? . . . thereby giving a needed item to another, plus saving the landfill. I agree that there should not be an employee of the Town who has to oversee this room/location. It just doesn’t make sense. Nor does charging for these items make sense.

There is so much “stuff” in the world. Look in your garage or closet, then do the multiplication by millions. We can all do with less . . . If you truly want to move items on to another, there are many churches and the Meredith Community Thrift Shop (all not-for-profits, where most workers volunteer and proceeds go to the benefit of the community). Donating items to these places is as easy as going to the Transfer Station. Your donation will be appreciated, and it will make you feel great to have done something for another. Pay It Forward!

I’ve endured some really rude treatment at the Meredith Transfer Station. Most of it remains beyond my comprehension. So be it. I’ll have to hope that the Town Manger and Select Persons address the situation. In the meantime, I’ll continue to abide by the rules and recycle . . . and take things that might benefit someone else to another place.

Oh, the Seinfeld episode I referred to in anther post is found at http://www.sonypictures.com/tv/shows...episode&ep=706

jlrm73 · 06-27-2007, 04:26 PM

We do it at least twice a year at the Alton end of 11B...it's unbelievable what we find...each time is crazier. We keep seeing empty Canadian Club jugs at the same spot...it's amazing. In the spring, we picked up 12 in a one mile stretch...he/she must finish the jug right around there every night!!!!!

We have called the DOT a few times to get bags, and they never get back to us, so we just use our own and put it with our own trash.
We would be willing to join in...it's sickening how much litter there is. Disgusting.

06-22-2007, 08:50 PM	#1
secondcurve Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,084 Thanks: 1,267 Thanked 557 Times in 286 Posts	Clean-Up Campaign One thing that drives me absolutely nuts is litter along our roads. I think that litter bugs should be jailed this includes smokers who dispose of their butts rather than putting them in ash trays! Okay, maybe jailing these people is somewhat harsh, but how about a caning program like the one used in Singapore? All kidding aside, how do folks feel about organizing a lake wide road trash pickup sometime this fall? If we got 5-10 people per town we might make a dent.

06-23-2007, 05:41 AM	#3
Island Life Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 273 Thanks: 12 Thanked 6 Times in 2 Posts	Good idea! We do this on my street at home every Spring, the same weekend every year, and it's a great community building event. Everyone goes out for a few hours and then we gather at one person's house for coffee and treats. I bet this will catch on. Maybe you should organize forum members to put up flyers in each town a few weeks before the event. __________________ Island Life the way my grandparents' grandparents enjoyed it - but with a faster boat!!!

06-23-2007, 08:24 AM	#5
vrrooom Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Gilford Posts: 50 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Road side trash pick up There must be some sort of program in Gilford, as several times a year, I see two elderly women picking up trash in blue bags along route 11. The bags are then picked up by either the state or Gilford orange trucks. My wife picks up trash along the road by the lake where we live, again several times a year. We should all "Just Do It", as many of us spend time in NJ, you would need a skip loader to clean up the roadsides in the garden state. For all the money they spend in that state, the roadsides are a perpetual dump.

06-24-2007, 07:22 PM	#11
NeckLass Junior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Meredith Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	"no soup for you!!" Windrider . . . you are not alone in your feelings re da dump! I've been taken to task several times for honest mistakes by folks who now remind me of the chef in the Seinfeld episode where Elaine is told, "NO SOUP FOR YOU!" And, while we're on the subject, what's the deal with the room for items too good to be tossed? I've never encountered a town where those items were placed "on sale" . . . . "If you don't want to pay, let it lay" says one (obnoxious) sign . . . .Where does that $$ go anyway . . . ? But I digress. For me, at least, recycling has become more of a chore because of the attitude of some of the employees at da dump.

06-25-2007, 10:08 AM	#13
RLW Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Alton Bay on the mountain by a lake Posts: 2,023 Thanks: 563 Thanked 444 Times in 311 Posts	Pay for unwanted good materials I think we have gone a bit off subject, but I'll add my 2¢ worth. Why would a town/city/county want to pay for an attendant to stay at a location collecting money when they may never sell the amount of his salary. In Alton is take it in an artical and leave it at the shed and the attendants place them in certain areas as needed when time allows and the public just go in and takes what he or she fields that they can use. If an item stays to long into the dumpster it goes. It has worked excellent for the past 3 or 4 years and hopefully for those that can use the material it will continue. __________________ There is nothing better than living on Alton Mountain & our grand kids visits.

06-22-2007, 09:36 PM	#2
viands Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 17 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Can we paint/replace the bench at Brewster Field and the three at the town docks/Dockside as well?

06-23-2007, 06:58 AM	#4
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,532 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 297 Thanked 957 Times in 698 Posts	NH is about the only state for a thousand miles that has no bottle or can deposit. No refundable nickel or dime added to your Dr Pepper or Busch beer. So, what's to stop you from cleaning a littered nickel can from New Hampshire and redeeming it in Quibec, Maine, Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Virginia, Ohio, Maryland, or Washington DC?

06-23-2007, 10:11 AM	#6
SAMIAM Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 2,839 Thanks: 326 Thanked 1,626 Times in 562 Posts	My neighbor and I do about a mile of our road each spring.......I can tell you that Bud is the beer of choice of the ice fishing community....followed by Mikes Hard lemonade.We usually get 5-6 large garbage bags full.Someone dumped an old dishwasher this spring and I had my trailer on so I took it to the Meredith dump...oops...I mean reclaimation center.I explained to the attendant that it wasn't mine and I thought I was helping out by removing it,but he still charged me.Any other good dump stories out there?

06-23-2007, 09:03 PM	#9
Rattlesnake Guy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 1,254 Thanks: 423 Thanked 366 Times in 175 Posts	I believe there is a uv illuminated code on the legal cans that the machines detect to keep us from doing the wrong thing.

06-25-2007, 10:56 AM	#16
dpg Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 2,560 Thanks: 149 Thanked 229 Times in 166 Posts	Dumps/landfulls are getting crazy. I buy a recycle sticker at mine in Mass for the sole purpose of bring engine oil. Well, Saturday the shed was closed with a sign to see the attendant. I did and he had to open it for me, said people were "illegally" (SP?) dumping oil in there? How the heck do you do this? I wasn't in the mood or else I would of asked the fine man. Their newest thing is to sell stickers for trailers along WITH your car. They figure your able to haul more in if your a trailer owner so they need to get something to cover that . And then these towns wonder why people dump dishwashers at the side of the road.

06-25-2007, 06:17 PM	#17
NeckLass Junior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Meredith Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	and again, no soup for you! Yes, we’ve deviated from the original post . . . should we set up a fall weekend cleanup in our various towns to keep Winni’s many access roads free of trash? I think it’s a great idea and would help in setting it up in Meredith. I’ve noticed blue bags of trash on the sides of my road in the last 3 or 4 days. Didn’t see who was collecting, but think the blue bags mean that it is Town initiated and that trash will be picked up by Town employees. That doesn’t mean that something can’t be done by individuals. We should find out the various collection dates and schedule our pickup dates between those of the towns’. I often pick up trash while walking my dog. However, I get to handle it a second time to make it acceptable to Transfer Station recycling requirements. It would be great if those of us who would like to help by picking up trash (paper, bottles, cans, plastic) from the roadways be given the blue bags and some dispensation (is the trash in those blue bags sorted?) from sorting by the town/transfer station management. I doubt that this would happen unless there was a REAL effort to make it happen. So, we get to handle the trash of others twice . . . Guess that’s just a fact of life. (As an aside, I am transfixed by the ability of individuals traveling at 45+++ mph to toss an empty Budweiser can 20 feet into the woods!! What a talent!) The issue of the “too good to toss” shop at the Meredith station deserves another paragraph. Scratch the surface of life in Meredith and you will find many people who do not live in huge houses on the lake . . . We all know that. So, if I have something I think might be of use to a neighbor, why can’t I give it away??? . . . thereby giving a needed item to another, plus saving the landfill. I agree that there should not be an employee of the Town who has to oversee this room/location. It just doesn’t make sense. Nor does charging for these items make sense. There is so much “stuff” in the world. Look in your garage or closet, then do the multiplication by millions. We can all do with less . . . If you truly want to move items on to another, there are many churches and the Meredith Community Thrift Shop (all not-for-profits, where most workers volunteer and proceeds go to the benefit of the community). Donating items to these places is as easy as going to the Transfer Station. Your donation will be appreciated, and it will make you feel great to have done something for another. Pay It Forward! I’ve endured some really rude treatment at the Meredith Transfer Station. Most of it remains beyond my comprehension. So be it. I’ll have to hope that the Town Manger and Select Persons address the situation. In the meantime, I’ll continue to abide by the rules and recycle . . . and take things that might benefit someone else to another place. Oh, the Seinfeld episode I referred to in anther post is found at http://www.sonypictures.com/tv/shows...episode&ep=706

06-27-2007, 04:26 PM	#18
jlrm73 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 62 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	We do it! We do it at least twice a year at the Alton end of 11B...it's unbelievable what we find...each time is crazier. We keep seeing empty Canadian Club jugs at the same spot...it's amazing. In the spring, we picked up 12 in a one mile stretch...he/she must finish the jug right around there every night!!!!! We have called the DOT a few times to get bags, and they never get back to us, so we just use our own and put it with our own trash. We would be willing to join in...it's sickening how much litter there is. Disgusting.