NCJ Number
15487
Date Published
1974
Length
29 pages
Annotation
CASE STUDIES WHICH DESCRIBE THE CLEANUP EFFORTS OF TWO SMALL COMMUNITIES - NEWCASTLE, WYOMING AND KLAMATH COUNTY, OREGON.
Abstract
THESE TWO COMMUNITIES CHOSE DIFFERENT APPROACHES AND METHODS FOR HANDLING ABANDONED VEHICLES. IN NEWCASTLE, THE PROJECT WAS ORGANIZED AS A COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER ACTIVITY, MAKING THE COST NEGLIGIBLE. A TWO-PHASED PLAN WAS DEVISED, WITH THE FIRST PHASE CENTERED AROUND THE DISPOSAL OF AROUND 1200 VEHICLES IN AN ABANDONED VEHICLE DISMANTLING YARD. VEHICLES WERE CRUSHED BY BULLDOZERS AND BURIED IN A RAVINE AT THE REAR OF THE DISMANTLING YARD. THE SECOND PHASE INCLUDED THE CLEANUP OF ALL FORMS OF NEIGHBORHOOD DEBRIS, INCLUDING ABANDONED VEHICLES, WHICH WERE DISPOSED OF IN THE SAME RAVINE. IN KLAMATH COUNTY, COLLECTION OF ABANDONED VEHICLES WAS PROVIDED AS A COMMUNITY SERVICE BY THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY ENGINEER. A PICKUP FEE OF $3.50 WAS CHARGED PER VEHICLE. VEHICLES WERE HAULED TO A COUNTY LAND DISPOSAL SITE AND STOCKPILED FOR A FEW WEEKS UNTIL A PORTABLE BALING MACHINE COULD BE BROUGHT IN TO CRUSH THE VEHICLES INTO BALES, WHICH WERE THEN SHIPPED TO A STEEL MILL FOR METAL RECOVERY. THE BAILING CHARGE TO THE COUNTY WAS ONE DOLLAR PER VEHICLE.