No clue where to take it. Should I call a few local landfills to see if they take drop-offs from residents?

Does anyone in SE Michigan know of a landfill/facility that will take the stuff? Don't mind driving a way (within reason) to get the heck rid of it, it's already irritating me and it's only been a day.

Thanks!

look under garbage in the yellow pages ... there is another term .... which is escaping me .... until i hit the send button ....

i wouldnt invite strangers to my house.. but whatever ...

ken

It all depends on where you live, and your personal comfort zones. I'm far more irritated by all the waste in our lives today than concerned about having people I don't know in my yard. I've actually made some wonderful "gardening friends" because of craigslist (just like I have through Gardenweb), have a lifetime of pots to plant in and gotten materials for my projects at greatly reduced prices (and sometimes free), been able to help others, gotten rid of excess stuff that still had useful life but we didn't need/want anymore...
In general, in our area, Craigslist is an affirmation of the desire and willingness to help others. Not saying there's never a scam, but there's certainly far more good than bad...again, I'm talking our area.

Re strangers: Don't you open your gardens up to tours every year? (something to which I've never gotten an invite BTW....)

My comfort level varies. I'm leery of Craig's list, to be honest - when there's some sort of scam/crime/murder, often the connection was Craig's list. Yea, I know the % is very small, but I just have a bad overall impression/bad vibe of Craig's list. My SIL uses Freecycle all the time, she has folks picking up stuff from her often, she's never had any trouble. As far as I know she leaves stuff on the porch/driveway, never let anyone from Freecyle inside her home, though.

I've met up with people through various boards over the years, nice to get together with folks have been chatting with for years. :0)

DH suggested I call the township and see if they can give me names of any places that will take the stuff.

first off.. anyone who will take dog poop covered rocks.. is strange to begin with ...

second .... though most gardeners are a bit insane.. i can deal with garden freaks.. its the poop freaks that bother me ...

third ... anytime you are out this way ... hidden lakes is only 10 minutes away ... and 4 minutes to charming tecumseh ...

bring hubbie.. he can see the need for therapy.. before you turn into the gardener i have become ... lol ... he can see the far reaches of what garden insanity can bring on acreage ...

ken

Might take you up on the informal invite one of these years, Ken - but touring a garden is also something DH won't do, so will have to bring one of my gardening buddies if I ever meander out your way :0)

As for the u & s on rocks, just go hose them down or pour a few bucket fulls of water with bleach over them and I think you've covered your liability for illegal transfer of environmental waste.

Marie

I greatly admire the founders of Craigslist, they are providing an invaluable service, facilitating the functioning of millions of people's lives, and saving many useful items from the landfill, all for free! They could be Internet billionaires, with a fancy website that nickeled and dimed people to death (a la eBay) - but they have chosen to operate the way they do.