Eel River Cleanup Project Exhausts County Funding
For 13 years Eel River Cleanup Project (ERCP) has been helping remove trash from the Eel River watershed but now the County funding which covered approximately half of ERCP dump fees has been depleted due to the increase in dump loads brought in by volunteers. This fund will not be replenished until July but the work these volunteers do cannot stop if we wish to keep Southern Humboldt clean. Donations, which used to cover the remaining dump fees, have also been decreasing as the local economy has struggled.
If you’re in a position to help then your contribution, regardless of amount, is deeply appreciated and can be directly deposited to ERCP account #22886 at Vocality Community Credit Union. Alternatively, you can mail your donation to ERCP, c/o Mike Miller, P.O. Box 577, Garberville, 95542. If you prefer to support the crew directly, they are available at Vets Park in Garberville every Tuesday morning at 11:30, across from Dazeys Supply parking lot.
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Waste management is a public service that should be publicly managed.
Disposal fees should be waved for efforts such as this.
Disposal fees should be funded by taxes and no one should have to pay more for ordinary trash. It should be much more convenient to dispose of trash properly.
Disposal fees should be paid at the point of purchase. Don’t tax me for the choices of people who buy lots of stuff that soon turns to trash.
I can see where that might work if that disposal fee led to paying for only disposal and it was universally applied by all places. If a product costs less in a neighboring jurisdiction because of no ADF, it would encourage importing to not pay the fee while the obligation to dispose of the item would still be there. In the US, that is a serious limit by the nature of our government. It’s a rational thought though.
Isn’t it likely that such fees would be used to cover disposal costs today but not necessarily when the product was actually desposed of. Say an appliance or piece of clothing lasted 10 years- in ten years would the money be there to pay for the disposal or would it have already been spent? Frankly, unless there is a continuous stream of purchasing supplying advanced fees, which means no recessions when purchasing drops off and items are not replaced so easily, then there might be a crunch in government, where the money has been spent, there is little money in the economy to get more yet there is still an obligation to supply the disposal already paid for?
And would it actually reduce illegal dumping? Being people are lazy, it’s not likely. But at least there would be no fees for organizations that do clean up. I just can’t see politicians being able to resist spending advanced fees for other things. Anyway illegal dumping is a cost to everyone whether you contribute to it or not.
Easy fix:Transfer $$ from trails funding
Thank you for all your hard selfless work ERCP. 👍🏼
Maybe if there weren’t so houseless people camping near the river there wouldn’t be as much trash.
Thank you to these folks! Dumping is a HUGE issue here in rural Humboldt. Do the right thing and dispose of YOUR garbage properly, please.
90% ? of that is homeless trash.
Keep on litterthugin…Don’t give up the ship!
Make a difference in your neighborhood or beach!
Keep on litterthugin…
Don’t give up the ship!
Thank you for all the labor and dedication.
I’ve donated many times to this amazing group of people, from the time that John ran it, and will be happy to donate to their account again now. Thank you all. True community volunteering.
Much admiration to these fine, community minded people!!
Thank you for addressing the real environmental issue——–TRASH. How much will California invest in “solving” the imaginary “problem”———48 billion dollars to the grant gang.
Good folks doing good work.