The Burke County Sheriff's Office and Burke County Public
Works combined their efforts to establish a Waste Management Deputy. The
deputy's office is located at the Burke County Landfill and he is responsible
for various duties which include:
- patrolling municipal and rural areas for illegal dump
sites
- investigating illegal dump sites to determine the nature
of the site or identification of the responsible parties
- making routine investigations of assigned waste disposal
areas for illegal materials
- answering complaints concerning illegal littering/dumping
that are made by the public
- supervising jail trustee inmates as they remove litter
from our roadsides and clean illegal dump sites
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| Burke County Jail Inmates Keeping our
Roadsides Clean |
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| The Waste Management Division is striving to keep Burke
County a beautiful place to live. Unfortunately, there are some that do not
share this goal. This is evident by the amount of trash seen on our streets and
highways, despite the fact that the division picks up 6,000 to 9,000 pounds of
trash from the road sides each month. The Waste Management Division is working
with the Governor's Office along with twenty-eight other counties in an effort
to educate the public about littering. |
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| Burke County Public Works and the Sheriff's Office Waste
Management Division received a grant which enabled the clean up of an illegal
tire dump located on Old Highway 18 South near Morganton. The dump site had
been in existence for a number of years and contained an estimated 9,000 to
10,000 tires. With the assistance of hard working youthful offenders from
IMPACT West and coordinated by the Sheriff's Office Environmental Officer, the
dump site was cleaned up after a few days. |
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| Youthful Offenders from IMPACT West Clean
Illegal Tire Dump Site |
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| The Waste Management Officer is assigned tasks
and works in conjunction with the Burke County Office of Waste Management. The
office may be reached at (828) 439-4391, or via e-mail at
waste@burkesheriff.org. |
