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Another major casualty of this ill-advised decision is likely to be the recycling program.
Hampton District representative Mike Massie, who pushed to get the dumpsters closed, has said several times that closing them will encourage the startup of local trash hauling businesses. But the people who haul trash for others are generally not interested in keeping it separated according to whether it is recyclable or not. People who pay someone else to haul their trash away will be less inclined to separately handle their recyclables.
Mr. Massie’s frustration with keeping the dumpsters open is understandable. There is the risk that hazardous waste will be put in them. There is the liability that someone may get injured “dumpster diving,” and there is the invitation to outsiders to use Rappahannock’s convenience sites.
For several years the supervisors have said they would close the dumpster sites when an alternative centralized site is developed. That site was supposed to take normal household trash and recyclables including newspapers. They have been looking for a location along the U.S. 211 corridor between Washington and . . Sperryville. Apparently no one has offered them land for this purpose, and they have not chosen to condemn any land.
Mr. Massie said he did not believe a centralized site would be found as long as the dumpster sites are available. It seems even less likely that one will be found if the dumpsters are closed, but it is not easy to evaluate this situation.
Most months the board votes to send the public and representatives of the press out of their meetings while they gather in “executive session” to discuss “the acquisition of real property for public purposes,” presumably land for a centralized trash location. Since the public and press are absent from these discussions, it is not possible to determine how seriously the supervisors have been seeking a solution.
The decision to open the landfill seven days a week once the dumpster sites are closed is a good one, but it is no substitute for providing a place for people to take their trash and recyclables more convenient for most than the east side of Amissville.
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