Look I honestly love that this town has this dump but come on people.. ho
urs are till 4pm? Most people don't get off by then.. no weekend hours.. honestly was better off before they turned it into a whole facility .. I've been trying for a week to get a load taken in and just can't because there isn't enough time and they aren't open on weekends AT ALL
My brother passed away unexpectedly several months ago. He had very diverse interests and followed through on many of them. That translated into a lot of "stuff". I grew up in LaPorte and make frequent visits back from our house in Washington State. Now I needed to find the right resources to take care of his collection in my home town.
One of the first steps was to make room to work in his home and four large outbuildings. Recycling was a necessity. I familiarized myself with the LaPorte County Solid Waste program and began to use the curbside service weekly.
Like the program in Washington, LaPorte had periodic hazardous waste events. I took items to five events in 18 months. The volunteers were kind and efficient.
LaPorte stands out from our program in Washington in some unique ways through the drop-off recycle center in their office on State Road 2. A couple are favorites of mine:
1. Drop off clean and lightly used shoes. Some shoes go to kids in a local school system.
2. Rather than putting items in the garbage take the following to the drop-off site to lighten the load to the dump:
A. Plastic bread clips
B. Black and Decker tools
C. Oral care items
D. Over 40 other kinds of items
This is a very unique service that is an excellent tool to keep items out of our ever-filling landfills.
Over the last year we deposited at least 12 6-8 foot pick-up truck loads of items through the various avenues offered to LaPorte residents. Robin, Sascha, and Clay gave me the information and support for this big project that I needed. In the future I am going to work to get this same level of service West of the Rockies!
THANK YOU!
Its nice to have a place to take yard debris and grass but its not very convenient only being open till 4 on weekdays and closed all weekend when 99% of county residents do their yard work,and who dont get out of work on the weekdays till 5 or later.it would be nice to have longer hours and be open all weekend!!!!!
Just want to put a shout out to LPCSW dept!!
Somehow my recycles and my neighbor's got missed yesterday (Thur)and I called today (Fri) and it was picked up withing the hour. We have a large family with two recycle cans and definitely could not wait two weeks for the next pick up...thanks to a job well done and taking recycling seriously! And kudos to the office staff for keeping in contact with me?
I got a roll off dumpster in May paid the fee before hand almost $500. To reduce my roof because of weather I call to see if they needed it back they said just call when you are ready so I was in no hurry. After it was removed I got a bill a few weeks later for $350!!! Charged me per day this was never discussed and they never said there would be additional charges. I’ve called and discussed this with them 3 times and they won’t remove charges. I never received any paperwork at anytime prior so beware.
I just spoke to a woman named Nancy and she was great! Gave directions and times they were open and TONS of other options and advice. She knew her stuff and was an absolute delight to talk to! Thanks again Nancy!
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