BY HANNAH GOLDFINGER FOR THE OBSERVER

LEE COUNTY — Environmental Services Director John McDonald gave an update on Monday night during the Lee County Commission meeting about the convenience sites that the county has opened for trash dumping on the weekends. McDonald shared the trends of usage as well as some issues the county has faced since opening them. The first weekend recorded 50 tons for the six sites. “Some of the sites we didn’t even get enough to haul off for that weekend,” he said. “We had some where one of the sites in particular, we let it ride for a couple of weeks before we had to haul it.” McDonald said it grew slowly until the fourth weekend, however, when usage went up much higher. Now the average per weekend is between 60 to 70 tons, he said. One issue is citizens who b

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