Name: Beaver Island prepares to close the open dump and operate the transfer station, 1990
Start: 1990-10-26
End: 1990-12-31
Location: Beaver Island

Beaver Island prepares to close the open dump and operate the transfer station, 1990

Also Beaver Island waste management transition December 1990

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Locator map: Beaver Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago

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TypeEvent

Dates1990-10-26 – 1990-12-31

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Dates: 1990-10-26 – 1990-12-31
Kind: Announcement
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: environmentinfrastructuregovernancecommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The October 1990 Beaver Beacon describes Beaver Island’s final transition from the open dump to a baling, recycling, and transfer-station system. Open-dump use was scheduled to end December 31, with the dump to be capped later and DNR fines applying to post-deadline use.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, October 26, 1990, "Beaver Island Waste Management."
Reports the planned December 31 end of open-dump use, $10,000-per-day DNR fines, recycling progress, green-bag reduction, transfer-station baler, indoor recycling storage, and the future cap. 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, October 1990, held issue PDF, source scan.
Paired held eighteen-page October issue PDF.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island prepares to close the open dump and operate the transfer station, 1990”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-waste-management-transition-1990/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 26, 1990, "Beaver Island Waste Management." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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