Examples of Resource Acquisition For Illegal
Dumping Programs
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| Trash Cop Program. The Central Oklahoma Trash Cop Program, which consists of environmental officers hired to catch and prosecute litterers and illegal dumpers in four counties, was begun with $160,000 obtained through fundraising efforts by a local community group, Oklahoma City Beautiful. The program will be sustained by fines collected from offenders. | X | X | X | |||
| Community Involvement. Phillapride, a community group in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, promotes neighborhood participation in cleanup and enforcement activities. The program is funded primarily by corporations that have had dumping problems on their properties, such as the Conrail Corporation, which contributes up to $25,000 each year. | X | X | ||||
| Industry-Funded Efforts. The Amoco Foundation supports local efforts to improve the community in northwest Indiana. The foundation also provides supplies and volunteers for community cleanup events and nature projects. | X | X | X | X | ||
| Educational Activities and Materials. Lake County, Indiana, received a grant from the state to prepare videos and outreach materials on illegal dumping for residents and elected officials. | X | X | ||||
| Scrap Tire Cleanup. A community group in Detroit, Michigan, uses a county grant to pay residents to bring illegally dumped tires to drop-off locations. A local waste hauler donates services to transport the tires to a tire shredder, which shreds them at no charge. A local bank donates money to cover disposal costs. | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Flooded Property Restoration. The Federal Emergency Management Agency purchased sections of property reverted to county control after abandoned homes were demolished, waste was removed, and areas were regraded. | X | |||||
| Scrap Tire Disposal. The City of Hammond, Indiana, has an agreement with a local junkyard under which the junkyard donates tire shredding and disposal services in exchange for the city's scrap metal. | X | X | ||||
| Cooperative Cleanup Effort. Cook County led a cooperative cleanup in Chicago Heights, Illinois, that involved the sheriff's work assistance program as well as trucks and heavy equipment from the highway department and forest preserve. | X | X | X | |||
| Dumpsters for Cleanups. A community organization in East St. Louis, Illinois, used 550 dumpsters provided by a local waste management company under a supplemental environmental project related to an enforcement action. | X | |||||
| City-Sponsored Neighborhood Cleanups. The Cities of Chicago, Illinois, and Detroit, Michigan, sponsore neighborhood cleanup days on which storage yards are opened to community groups that use tools, garbage bags, and other materials to clean up vacant lots. Both cities also proved waste transportation and disposal support. | X | X | X | X |