Then there was the "no cell phones" sign -- also ignored by all. Busy (paying) contractors were actually expected to happily blow off important business calls while they sat in the dump line.

New signs have been propogating lately (so many, in fact, you can hardly see the weigh-station shack). My favorite is the one that says, "For transfer station information tune into KHz radio station." I now listen to it regularly, along with NPR ...

Speaking of which, I listened to a show on NPR a month ago about King County's new E-waste policy. We were told that e-waste would no longer be accepted after October 1.

Oddly enough, and apparently unknown to the city official in charge of the project, the attendants at Seattle's north-end station had already been screening out e-waste for about six months prior to the day the ban was supposed to take effect. All it took was to add e-waste items to the the numerous signs.

One really should be able to drive to single place (like a transfer station) and pay to get rid of most anything you have: hazardous waste (common household chemicals), latex paint, garbage, e-waste, and other recyclables. Making it illegal not to recycle, having to make appointments to dispose of hazardous waste, having to track down one place to take your e-waste and another for your latex paint, while simultaneously sorting your home and yard waste into four separate containers, is getting a little out of hand. We can certainly do better than this, and if we do, other cities will eventually emulate us.