Campground Trash
Another 3 day weekend has ended and the old problem is seem. It seems a 3 door dumpster only has one door that works. It doesn't have to a long weekend but all the trash gets throw in nearest door. Wh...
Forum Discussion
mowermech wrote:weathershak wrote:mowermech wrote:
Just have the State convert all the parks to mirror many of the Forest Service campgrounds here in Montana:
No trash service; PACK IT IN, PACK IT OUT!
EVERYBODY has to take their garbage home with them.
It works quite well. Of course, there is always some damfool tourist who leave his trash bagged by the side of the road, thinking the camphost will pick it up. They are, however, fairly rare. Most people read and follow the rules.
Even the tourists....
Delaware does that in the day use areas and it works fair. I for one am not going to haul back home certain items. For example, dog poo. I am not hauling that stuff home. I will pick it up and bag it, and walk to the rest rooms, which DO have trash containers near by. I would not camp in a campground that would require me to take my trash home with me, I am not going to hold onto a weeks worth of trash to take home. It would be a bit tangy by then.:E
Then, please, DO NOT go camping in any Forest Service campground in Montana, if you ever vacation here.
By the way, the "rest rooms" in the campgrounds I am referring to are vault toilets. There are NO trash cans in there, and putting trash in or dumping your RV tanks in them is against the rules. There are a very few campgrounds that do have dumpsters; the only ones I have seen are in the Red Lodge area. The reason for not having dumpsters is very simple: MONEY! It is very expensive to have somebody go way back in the boonies to empty dumpsters. I would rather have the camping rates kept low and take my trash home!
Rest assured, I will not visit any Forest Service campground in Montana or any Campground that does NOT have a place to dispose trash. A day or 2 is one thing. I am talking about staying somewhere for a week.
