Supervisors are dealing with complaints from their garbage workers of people piling trash outside of the bin once full and expecting it to be picked up. And Supervisors are saying unless it is in the trash, the garbage men are not picking it up and residents should utilize the county transfer station – the county dump – which is located just off of Highway 9.
Supervisor Chris McIntire said some people have no idea where the county dump is and they put of old microwaves, couches, etc. Things that the garbage men are not obligated to pick up.
“I told them they didn’t have to pick it up. They could leave it right there,” McIntire said.
McIntire and Supervisor Joey Stephenson said there are people who have two cans and pay $28 a month, and there are others that need two cans.
Supervisor Greg Fondren asked if there could be a sign right before the transfer station because many people don’t know where it is and a sign telling the hours of operation.
“It was a sign out there on the tree that tells the hours,” Emergency Management Director Brent McKnight said. He said that he would make a sign to put out on Highway 9 to direct residents to where the transfer station is located.
Chancery Clerk Steve Montgomery suggested placing the hours on the garbage bill, so more people will be able to see it. The goal is for all residents to utilize the dump more and to cut down on the waste that’s picked up on the roadways. Each monthly meeting, solid waste sends a list of how many bags they’ve collected and items picked up. Items picked up varies from steal to couches to old refrigerators. Things that can and should be taken to the county dump.
Supervisors want residents to start utilizing the dump, but not to just dump things outside of the receptacles that are available. And not try to do it themselves, but to wait until the workers are there.
