The Hobo Camp Fire Is going well #IX.. Stop In!!!

[Charlie B]

...Don, my daughter was telling me one of the Pizza chains is printing targets on the bottom of their boxes.  that is good and bad. I hope the users take them and dispose of them properly. 
Charlie

That's a fine idea if, as you say, they get disposed of afterwards. I might even start buying pizza there just for the targets. Too many casual shooters leave their trash behind. When we went Friday, there was a chair and table left, some empty beer cases, along with some old tires and other things  that people used for targets but were too lazy to take back when they left. There are also those that come there specifically to dump their trash, mostly building material, tree trimmings and old tires that they don't want to pay to put into the landfill.

Tires are a real pet peeve of mine. I know it was an attempt to help the environment but there was no forethought put into it. We used to treat old tires just like any thing else and they went to the landfill. In order to save landfill space this was outlawed so there have been many schemes hatched to dispose of all the tires that were to be recycled. What happened at first it seemed, was they would fill a truck bed and drive down some back country road while a guy in the back would roll off the tires letting the taxpayer foot the bill for clean up. That still goes on.  
When I was working the railroad in Schenley there were 3 old buildings full of tires that the manager had "disposed" of.  A very successful fire of undetermined origin eliminated the problem for one building.  Next scheme a fellow was going to bale them and surround them in concrete to repair levies. This was approved by the Corpse of Engineers and going to go, but he started to bale the tires too soon and the EPA would not issue the permit. Finally the state paid to have them baled and removed. 
Along the tracks in Bagdad there were tires piled that had been collected (charging a $2 fee) and disposed of on the old mine property.     
The photo only shows about 10% of them, they were on both sides of the track for a half mile. (The state paid to clean that up too) 

Another scam was to rent barns and warehouses, fill them with tires and then just disappear.  
Charlie