The Scotland County Board of Commissioners may have finally listened to its constituents. They voted unanimously to terminate all efforts to go into the "dumping" business.
On March 16, 2010, Neil Seldman, President of the Institute for Self Reliance, a national nonprofit organization, spoke at the Clinton Inn. The event was entitled "A New Approach to Solid Waste." The purpose was to discuss "alternatives" to the issue of solid waste disposal in Scotland County.