Dump sites need to operate more like Dufort station
Bonner County Daily Bee | UPDATED 4 months, 1 week AGO
We all appreciate the dump. I mean, if we didn’t have one, boy, we would be a mess. My family used to live in Sagle and we went to the Dufort dump every other week. I enjoyed the trip there and back but I never took much notice of how it was run. Recently we moved up north of Sandpoint and now go to the Colburn dump. The two sites are managed very differently. I think the Colburn transfer station should be operated and managed more like the Dufort station.
It takes five people to operate the Colburn site while Dufort only takes two. Less taxes and more self-service. In turn, self-service makes the process of using the dump quicker.
It requires more machinery to scoop and pick up trash on the ground at Colburn (Dufort uses dumpsters).
At Colburn, you get your shoes all covered in trash juices because you dump your trash on the ground.
Even though I would make some changes, I very much appreciate our dumps.
IVAN PATTERSON
Ponderay
Student, 11 years old
P.S. We love the malls at both the sites and have found some pretty neat things for free!