Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   Contrator Waste Disposal Date:   4/17/2015 1:44:47 PM

Do you know where your contractor is disposing of waste from your job?  Seems that a lot of contractors are dumping it in the woods and at other non-authorized locations around the lake.  This includes your yard people and the guy that is converting your floating dock from white/blue floats to the authorized black ones. 

On Coosa 20, people have created an unauthorized dumping area.   It is full of lawn, tree waste and recently, a lot of core foam of the type that had previously been used on floating docks.  That core foam is not biodegradable.  There is other waste there as well.  Closer to home, some contratactors are using the edge of the woods to dump lawn cleanup waste, such as tree trimmings, logs and other debris.  The woods are full of discarded household items.  Sometimes there are cast off garbage bags, no doubt from part timers who don't engage trash pick up at their home.

I have personally confronted contractors when I have seen them dumping and made an effort to report them to the county.  I have also called Waste Management a few times when they leave a string of trash escaping from their trucks all over the road.

I wonder how many people think to ask their contractor what they will do with the waste stuff they take from the job site?  Maybe it's time we started asking that question and punish contractors who are leaving their junk in the area around the lake.  Oh, and if you are the one that is dumping your weekend trash around the lake for someone else to clean up, why not just throw it in the trunk so you can throw it out when you get to your other home, where you have trash pickup.