{"id":301,"date":"2012-12-03T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-03T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/how-to-implement-trash-health-and-safety.html"},"modified":"2012-12-03T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-12-03T13:00:00","slug":"how-to-implement-trash-health-and-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/how-to-implement-trash-health-and-safety.html","title":{"rendered":"How to implement trash, health, and safety?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nDisposal of solid waste (trash\/garbage) is a matter of\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/11\/trash-health-and-safety.html\">\ncommunity public health and safety<\/a>\nand providing such service\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/11\/who-implements-trash-health-and-safety.html\">\nis the responsibilty of the local governing bodies.<\/a>\nHow should trash health and safety responsibly be implemented?\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/11\/video-playlist-lcc-2012-11-13.html#Waste\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b017d3e482a32970c\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017d3e482a32970c-pi.jpg\"    \/><\/a>\nWe cannot be left in a situation where residents are either &#8220;forced\nto buy&#8221; service from a provider, or have no option but to burn\ntheir trash.  The government can levy a tax, but they cannot say that\nresidents are forbidden to buy a service from an independent provider.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nSuch a ruling is\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\nunfriendly to those who currently own, or want to\nstart\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/11\/dont-do-this-to-private-enterprise-cary-scarborough-lcc-2012-11-13.html\">\na waste collection business in our county<\/a>,\n<\/li>\n<li>\nunfriendly to the\nresidents who are counting on the government to follow\nthe state-legislated goals to\n<blockquote>\n&#8220;protect the health\nsafety, and well-being of its citizens and to protect\nand enhance the quality of its environment&#8221; ,\n<\/blockquote>\n<li>\nunfriendly to the environment as trash ends up on the side of the\nroad or polluting the air by being burned and leaves us to\nface a new problem on a different day.\n<\/li>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nResidents in the unincorporated areas of the county who want curb side\ncollection, for the most part, already purchase it. Those of us using\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/11\/keep-waste-sites-open-and-reprioritize-splost-william-geyer-lcc-2012-11-13.html\">\nthe collection centers<\/a> do so because it is our preference.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe county\nshould (in my opinion) create a special tax district for waste disposal\n(it already makes special lighting districts) and tax the residents\nfor the maintenance of the collection centers.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n-gretchen\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Disposal of solid waste (trash\/garbage) is a matter of community public health and safety and providing such service is the responsibilty of the local governing bodies. How should trash health and safety responsibly be implemented? 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