There’s some answers in this article:
SALEM, N.H. — Michael Bates cited his divorce, the Chinese ban on recyclables and an emotional decision to close his liquidation business as the reasons printer boxes are piled 5-feet high in the backyard of his home at 45 Maclarnon Road.
Salem town officials have been working for nearly a year to get the homeowners, Bates and his estranged wife Christina, to clean up the property.
Neighbors say the house has been empty for months and they are fed up with the trash. According to neighbor John Manning, the pile is attracting rats.
Tough rats if they eat old printers.
Too bad Gary Larson retired, I see a potential Far Side cartoon in this one.