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BOOK 95 F,+GF 155 <br />During the tenure of our illustrious Commissioner Scurlock , who was given the task <br />of overseeing Mr. Pinto's activities the Utilities Department grew two hundred fold. <br />They began growing so fast that before the taxpayers knew what was going on the <br />Utilities Department had become one of the largest Departments in Indian River <br />'County. I remember Mr. Pinto proposing some grandiose Taj Mahal structure to be <br />placed on the land fill site to house him and his staff. Fortunately the commissioners <br />turned down this expenditure. <br />Mr. Chandler, if an analysis of the waste stream were done and done properly one <br />would discover the worst offenders in the county are the homeowners not only do the <br />produce the greatest quantities of garbage they produce the most offensive -and the <br />most hazardous. The dark plastic biodegradable garbage bag is in my opinion one of the <br />most offensive products man has yet invented. Cans, pop bottles, batteries, industrial <br />chemicals and numerous other slow to bio -degrade items are tossed in on top of quick <br />to bio -degrade waste products and tied up or pulled closed with a hand draw string. <br />These bags are conveniently dropped off at one of the waste disposal sites conveniently <br />located throughout the county to eventually wind up in the landfill. As the wet garbage <br />mixes with the dry garbage a chemical reaction takes place. In some case the reaction is <br />violent enough to cause an explosion in others it is only corrosive and highly toxic. <br />What is our solution to the problem? How do we correct it? What is the most <br />economical way to reduce our landfill costs? These are only a small number of the <br />question I would propose be submitted at a workshop. We need to have more <br />workshops of this type so that the word can get out not only to the commercial sector <br />but to the private sector as well. <br />Can you schedule me for one of the commission hearing at your earliest <br />convenience? I would expect my time to not exceed twenty minutes. <br />Sincerely yours, <br />enn W. Legwen <br />aw � S <br />. V - -- --- <br />14 <br />MAY 229 1995 <br />s <br />