I'm about 100 yards from the shoreline of Lake Erie, and believe it or not, the Department of Natural Resources, EPA and Department of Health types would be downright peeved if they found out I buried any kind of waste in the ground here.

The prohibition actually extends to animal waste, but it's not enforced. The power of dog lovers or something, I guess.

I shouldn't complain: this part of the Lake is cleaner now than it has been in around 50 years. But when I see the waste oil wash onshore from ships swilling their bilges out in the international shipping lanes in the middle of the Lake, I wonder if some sense of perspective wouldn't be a good thing.