PollVote: How to discourage garbage dumping, clean up garbage that has been dumped, and how to fund efforts?
- Offer free cleanup to large landowners who keep properties open to public access
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30 (11.2%)
- Position dumpsters at key access points to remote areas and heavy use public sites
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35 (13.1%)
- Position transfer stations in rural areas that are more than 30 miles to a landfill
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26 (9.7%)
- Increase penalties for garbage dumping, 10x the penalty for littering
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46 (17.2%)
- Implement can and bottle deposits
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23 (8.6%)
- Use low risk prisoners who want to participate, to clean up garbage
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49 (18.3%)
- Have local Extension Service offices or volunteer organizations organize cleanup parties
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17 (6.3%)
- Funding: Include garbage pickup, transfer stations, and landfills with property taxes
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23 (8.6%)
- Funding: Create a new tax to deal with garbage
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5 (1.9%)
- Funding: I want garbage cleaned up but I do not want to pay for it
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4 (1.5%)
- I don't think garbage is a problem
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4 (1.5%)
- I don't care either way
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2 (0.7%)
- Offer free pickup of old appliances, car bodies, etc so they can be scrapped
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4 (1.5%)
Total Members Voted: 76
