Campground Trash

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!

The CG I'm staying at has a large plastic garbage can at EVERY site. All 90 of them!! Even the
rural tent sites get a can. The CG has a golf cart set up as a "garbage truck",
and they empty the cans every second day or so.

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.

Ok a question. I do all my cooking outside. Is it acceptable to pour bacon grease in the fire ring, knowing I will be starting a fire later? Keep in mind this is in Texas and so far I haven't seen any bears around. Just wondering.

I put the firewood in the camp fire ring first then pour it directly on the firewood. That ensures it will burn and also helps get the wood started.

Teacher's Pet wrote:

gbopp wrote:

Old-Biscuit wrote:
I figure it's a basic WIN that folks even take their trash to the dumpster.

I think it's a major win. Most of the hogs would leave it at their campsite.

1/2 burnt in the fire pit.

Grrrrrrrrr! Firepit hogs are the worst!

We have been campground hosting for 2.5 years now and for the most part, the campers are pretty good, but you have the 2% that ruin camping for the others. They let the kids loose and do not make sure they put water bottles and candy wrappers in trash cans, adults use the fire rings as trash pits and they make a huge mess in the rest rooms.

I often wonder if their home looks the same way? I would like the parks to log the names of slobs and either not let them in the parks or charge them double.

Ken

I'd suggest that they be fined a clean-up fee and not allowed to use the campground again until the fine is paid.