It's down by the county dump.

He grabbed the couple's three young girls and drove to the county dump, where he slashed each child's throat and left the girls to die.

We'd walk miles to the county dump to see the bears.

Or maybe the county dump.

Even I, Harvard Law, class of '69, have trouble figuring out legal from illegal, as the laws pile up faster than garbage in the county dump.

But in 1987, the 60-year-old county dump on the same spit was found to be leaking streams of contaminated runoff.

He argued that it was out of place for the authority, which is responsible for managing the county dump, to boast such luxurious appointments.

But in many places, the county dump has been closed because it was unlined, allowing rainwater to penetrate the trash and leach unwanted chemicals into ground water.

After 50 years as the site of an active county dump, however, the area is judged by environmentalists to be a health hazard.

The trailer was such a disaster that sweeping and mopping seemed like a waste of energy; it should have been towed straight to the county dump.