Comments on: Man Charged With Dumping Paint

By: Larry Walker

Larry Walker — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 20:57:17 +0000

As part of its Sanitation program, ECUA will accept paint as a “hazardous waste” and will pick it up at a customer’s doorstep. Call 476-0480 to make an appointment for pickup of hazardous wastes. I’m not sure that we would pick up 100 cans at once, or that we would take them from a professional painter, but small amounts by residential Sanitation customers will be taken.

By: Dale

Dale — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 16:18:39 +0000

So he had to make 3 trips to the dump, Was that to hard? He could have donated to Habitat for Humanity for one and there are plenty of others that would have taken it so that it could have been used. I’m am also a southerner @SOUTHENER and I take pride in where I live.

By: Mike J.

Mike J. — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 13:31:36 +0000

Now that it’s been discovered, is there any way to clean up the paint in the ground before it sinks down to the groundwater? Littering is a problem all over. I have to pick up other people’s trash from my yard several times a week because low-life jerks throw stuff out the window of their car as they pass my house. If somebody threw a paint can in my yard and I saw it, you can be sure that I would get the car’s description to the police!

By: jeeperman

jeeperman — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 12:08:50 +0000

Sadly there are still many that think it is perfectly okay and a God given right to fill a ditch or gully outback with whatever garbage they generate.
Or dump it on someone else’s property.
Or along side a road some where.

By: MargieLu

MargieLu — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 11:25:25 +0000

With graffiti problems all across the county, we would be better off if the recycle station would accept all liquid paint in cans/buckets. In the graffiti capitol of the west (Southern California) all liquid paint is collected, blended together, and thinned out with recycled white paint.. Thousands of gallons of ‘graffiti tan’ cover-up paint is then used by county laborers to mask graffiti and freshed up blighted areas. This doesn’t excuse dumping and poLluting, but would help painters/contractors properly dispose of much-needed paint for county projects, saving taxpayers much-needed dollars.

By: Facetious Bob

Facetious Bob — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 04:00:58 +0000

@Southerner: I see your ilk every day. Garbage from fast food restaurants, ” disposable” diapers, household garbage, thrown on the streets every day. A pox on you and your household.

By: Eric Ericson

Eric Ericson — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 16:59:28 +0000

In the past, people used to mix old paints and used the paint, called “institutional gray”.

It is probably still done.

By: Don

Don — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 16:00:47 +0000

southerner…..you do live on this planet correct? do you no realize the damage done to our environment and water supply by the toxic chemicals? enjoy drinking the paint when it comes out of your faucet.

By: BLT

BLT — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 15:29:10 +0000

>>>>”A felony charge? for dumping paint? Are there any dangerous criminals that need to caught?”
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What would you like the police to do? They got a call that a crime was being committed. They responded, prevented further damage, and took the suspect into custody. If you have useful information about dangerous criminals, give them a call…maybe they can do that instead.

The police didn’t decide it was a felony, the FL Legislature did.

By: RG

RG — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 15:28:22 +0000

Why shouldn’t pollution of our drinking water be a felony? I despise big government more than most but its most important function is to protect us from danger. He dumped the paint just around the corner from Habitat Store where it could have bee donated. ECUA also has a recycling program that includes paint. NO EXCUSE for such irresponsibility!