Name: Beaver Island transfer station opens as the open dump closes, 1990
Start: 1990-12-17
End: 1990-12-31
Location: Beaver Island

Beaver Island transfer station opens as the open dump closes, 1990

Also Beaver Island transfer station December 1990

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Locator map: Beaver Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago

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TypeEvent

Dates1990-12-17 – 1990-12-31

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Dates: 1990-12-17 – 1990-12-31
Kind: Opening
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: environmentinfrastructuregovernancecommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Beaver Island’s transfer station opened for drive-through bagged-garbage and recyclables drop-off on December 17, 1990. The notice sets winter hours and records the open dump’s December 27 closure, the December 31 prohibition on further dumping, and associated fines and grant risk.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, December 20, 1990, transfer-station and dump-closure notice.
Reports drive-through transfer-station opening December 17, winter hours, December 27 dump closure, no post-December 31 dumping, $10,000-per-violation fines, and possible loss of $198,000 capping grant. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, December 1990, held issue PDF, source scan.
Paired held eighteen-page December issue PDF.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island transfer station opens as the open dump closes, 1990”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-transfer-station-opens-dump-closes-1990/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 20, 1990, transfer-station and dump-closure notice. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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