Why do the people in Estill County have to pay so much for garbage disposal at the local landfill. This landfill is owned by a large international company that doesn't need to rob Estill Countians! Maybe if the rates were cheaper, more people would dispose their trash there instead of in some illegal dump on Tipton Ridge or Barnes Mountain. A truck load of garbage (100 pounds) cost about 13.00!
We often complain about trash along the roadsides. But why doesn't the local landfill lower their rates? People don't have to clean up the roadsides and a high rate for garbage disposal sure isn't encouraging people to clean up Estill County.
They have one free dumping day per year. But the landfill is clogged with traffic. You can't hardly back up or turn around. How about more free cleanup days? The traffic congestion is such a mess that I no longer bother. Why can't we have 3 or 4 free clean up days annually?
Here is another grip of mine. In the early 1990s, you could put a pile of trash along the side of the road and garbage trucks would pick up the trash. Now you have to bring garbage in bags to the landfill. Folks, if you make it too difficult for people to clean up the county, they might just stop trying to clean it up.
People should be allowed to pile up garbage along the roadsides while trucks work the county roads until the trash has been taken away.
It is time to clean up Estill County. Go back to the early 1990s when you didn't have to bring your trash up to the landfill and wait 3 or 4 hours in line to dispose of your garbage.
Let people make stacks in front of their property and have county trucks remove it in a few days. If you REALLY WANT TO CLEAN UP THE COUNTY, don't make it too difficult. Remember people aren't forced to clean up their property. Make is easy and enticing for locals to clean up the mess.
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