Border Trash

The huge amount of litter on Arizona’s borders has prompted the government to launch a new website devoted to combating the 2000 tons of trash discarded among the 370 miles of their border. The sheer amount of trash is attributed primarily to illegals and human smuggling across the border as they discord thier junk as they cross the border. That doesn’t even count the human waste.

The website is azbordertrash.gov

Apprehensions of individuals by the U.S. Border Patrol as a result of illegal immigration vary every year. Current Border Patrol statistics indicate that about 110,000 border crossers will be captured during the current fiscal year, which ended Sept. 30, and doesn’t count the many others who get through. The border crossers leave approximately six to eight pounds of trash in the desert during his or her journey. The cost of disposing of this trash is high for local communities. Landfill fees range from $37 to $49 per ton in Southern Arizona. These fees do not include costs for materials, equipment, labor and transportation for the collection and transfer of the trash to the landfill.

Everything but the kitchen sink is left behind, from cars to pack packs to plastic containers.

Accumulated border trash has been shown to affect human health, the environment and economic wellbeing. Impacts include:

• Strewn trash and piles
• Illegal trails and paths
• Erosion and watershed degradation
• Damaged infrastructure and property
• Loss of vegetation and wildlife
• Campfires and escaped fires
• Abandoned vehicles and bicycles
• Vandalism, graffiti and site damage (historical and archaeological)
• Occurrence of bio-hazardous waste

Photo:truthorfiction.com; 'illegal super - highway' from Mexico (Tucson) used by human smugglers. 1.5 miles long, south of Tucson. 3000 discarded back packs in this layup area. Countless water containers, food wrappers, clothing, and soiled baby diapers

Cleanups have been conducted by volunteers, property owners and the government, but no matter what they need help, you can find volunteer resources on the site.

But this is not just about Arizona, Texas and California have the exact same problem.

I think this is a great idea. In fact, I think every state should have website for illegal dumping and litter, with a documentation of how much trash is picked up, what it costs the taxpayers per every  pickup. Anything to draw attention to this preventable cost saving measure.

Kudos to Arizona!

Resources

Trash and Pollution Cost of Tijuana Estuary

Illegal and Cost of litter in Desert

Cost of Illegal Immigrates in Texas www.thecattlemanmagazine.com/archives/2010/12/no-man’s-land.htmlSimilar Posts:

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I just Gotta Tell Ya

• $3,000,000 and nearly 150,000 labor hours each year to pick up trash along Valley freeways.
• DOT crews pick up an average 12,647 bags of litter from Valley freeways each month, or about 151,000 bags per year.
• Each bag of trash weighs an average 10.635 lbs., representing 134,501 pounds (67.25 tons) a month, or about 1.6 million pounds of trash (803 tons) per year.

Who To Call

• If you witness someone littering, you can call the litter hotline at 1-877-3LITTER (354-8837)

Fines

Fines for Littering

• Misdemeanor fine of $500 in the state of Arizona? The fast food that cost you $5 could end up costing you $500 when you toss that bag out the window.

Fines for Roadway Debris

• Arizona Department of Public Safety, violators could be charged with a class two misdemeanor. The fines, plus court costs, can range from $460 to well over $1,000, depending on injuries

Taxpayer Cost

Illegal Dumping Into Water Supplies cals.arizona.edu/AZWATER/awr/jun95/jnews.html-Add one more use to the multiple uses of U.S. Forest Service lands: the illegal dumping of hazardous materials. With hazardous waste becoming more difficult and expensive to dispose of legally, more westerners are dumping materials on U.S. Forest Servic e lands. For example, last spring someone dumped several drums of cleaning fluid in the Verde Valley within the Coconino National Forest in central Arizona. Some 30 cubic yards of contaminated soil needed to be removed, at a cost of $20,000, to keep the chem icals from seeping into the nearby Verde River.

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Don't Trash Arizona

To Read the Full Report go to  Don’t Trash Arizona 

• In 2008, residents were less likely to report having a litterbag or trashcan in their vehicle than in 2006 (indicated by 58%, down from 62%).
• As Arizona residents reported in 2006, the most common type of trash that  accumulates in their vehicles is small pieces of paper such as gum wrappers, receipts and lottery tickets (mentioned by 29%)
• Similar to 2006 results, one in six Arizona residents indicated they are smokers (16%). Of those who currently smoke, most understood that  throwing cigarette butts out the window is a type of littering, with only 6%  expressing the belief that such action is not a type of littering. The same  percentage (6%) reported that they actually throw their cigarette butts out the  window.
• One in six Arizona residents indicated they drive a pickup truck (16%). This percentage is highest in the outlying areas of the state (22%). Pickup truck owners are significantly more like than others to indicate they noticed trash falling out of their vehicle in the past three months (36% vs. 19% to 22% of drivers of other vehicles). Truck drivers indicated that soda cans and soda bottles were the most common types of litter found in the back of their truck (mentioned by 14%).
• In 2008, littering along Arizona freeways was seen as less of a problem than in 2006. Approximately three in ten residents indicated litter along the freeways throughout the state of Arizona was a “big” problem (31%, down from 38%) or “moderate” problem (43%, up slightly from 42%)
• When Arizona residents were asked what types of materials they would consider a “serious” litter problem, plastic bags and other plastic items topped the list (mentioned by 32%, increasing from 27% in 2006). However, when looking at it from a broader scope, more than three in five residents (64%) identified beverage cans and bottles as serious litter problems (soda cans/bottles-28%, beer cans/bottles-23%, and water bottles-13%). 
• When asked to itemize what items they thought they had littered in the past year, a majority of Arizona residents insisted that they had not littered at all during the past year (67%) – this was similar to the findings from the 2006 study when 69% claimed they had not littered.

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