- Date
- 1979-05
- Kind
- Announcement
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- environmentpublic-servicecommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The May 1979 Beaver Beacon appeals to residents and visitors to put refuse into the landfill pit and bundle newspapers rather than leaving litter at the edge.
Evidence and limits
This is an editorial public-service appeal, not an engineering, permit, inspection, or waste-volume record.
Sources
- Appeals to landfill users to place bags and boxes into the pit rather than at its edge and to bundle newspapers, explaining that the facility is supported by Beaver Island property-tax dollars. It is an editorial public-service appeal, not an engineering, permit, inspection, or waste-volume record. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1979-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held ten-page May issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the landfill appeal.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1979-05_Beaver-Beacon
Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon appeals for better sanitary-landfill practices, 1979”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-sanitary-landfill-maintenance-appeal-1979/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1979, “A Messy Situation!” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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