Various cleanup programs were undertaken through the years to correct the damage. The California State Water Resources Control Board and city leaders closed this area in 1967. When this beach became full in 1949, the dump was moved north to what is now known as 'Glass Beach', which remained an active dump site until 1967. When the original dump site filled up in 1943, the site was moved to what is now known as 'Site 2', the active dump site from 1943 until 1949. Locals referred to it as 'The Dumps.' Fires were often lit using Molotov cocktails to reduce the size of the trash pile. Most water-fronted communities had water dump sites discarding glass, appliances, and even vehicles.

In 1906, Fort Bragg residents established an official water dump site behind the Union Lumber Company onto what is now known as 'Site 1'.

It is illegal to collect glass at this state park. Glass Beach is a beach adjacent to MacKerricher State Park near Fort Bragg, California, named from a time when it was abundant with sea glass created from years of dumping garbage into an area of coastline near the northern part of the town.

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