The scouts will be at the facility on Saturdays to assist residents. The county is on the verge of a landfill crisis. Current landfill capacity will be used up by 1995. Landfills, as a sole disposal source, are a thing of the past. The residents of the country must begin to adapt their lifestyles to meet the challenge of waste management.
Recycling is one of the most basic ways to have a positive impact on the waste stream.
It can decrease the flow of waste to landfills, aid in conservation and recovery of valuable natural resources, conserve energy in manufacturing, and increase the supply of reuseable material for industry. The garbage crisis is not only a local problem, it is nationwide. The problem was brought to national attention by the odyssey of the garbage barge from Islip, New York. The voyage of the barge demonstrated that we must deal with our own waste problems. Garbage can no longer be simply hauled away and shipped to locations farther away.