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[Kirkegaard]

How does garbage mechanics works? At my current game my dwarfs tend to bring items from outside marked for dumping to my stockpile and then bring it to the garbage dump, not using the garbage dump outside right away?

In other games I do not remember having this problem, what factors should I take into account?

[greycat]

You seem to be blurring a couple different features together.

Refuse is a stockpile category of items which includes vermin remains, bones, shells, miscellaneous body parts, etc.  If you create a refuse stockpile, and if you enable the collection of refuse in the options (note: there are three separate options: collecting refuse, collecting refuse from outside, and collecting vermin remains from outside), then dwarves will move refuse items to the stockpile as they see fit.

Garbage is a type of zone you can designate using the i command.  Garbage zones sit there and do nothing until you mark items for dumping.  Dumping an item causes the dwarves to move it to the nearest garbage zone (in case you have more than one), and drop it on the ground, and mark it as forbidden.  Note: if the garbage zone is next to open space (a channel, or a downward ramp, or just a bunch of open space next to a catwalk, etc.) the dwarves will actually drop the item into the open space, instead of on the ground.

If I understand your question correctly, maybe you marked the items for dumping after a dwarf had already decided to stockpile it, and was on her way to pick it up?

[Kirkegaard]

If I understand your question correctly, maybe you marked the items for dumping after a dwarf had already decided to stockpile it, and was on her way to pick it up?

Should not be the problem, it have been outside (and forbidden) a long time, then marked for dumping and reclaimed.

[g2knee]

Garbage is a type of zone you can designate using the i command.  Garbage zones sit there and do nothing until you mark items for dumping.  Dumping an item causes the dwarves to move it to the nearest garbage zone (in case you have more than one), and drop it on the ground, and mark it as forbidden.  Note: if the garbage zone is next to open space (a channel, or a downward ramp, or just a bunch of open space next to a catwalk, etc.) the dwarves will actually drop the item into the open space, instead of on the ground.

When you put the garbage zone next to an open space, do you designate the zone ON the open space tile or on the firm ground NeXT to the open space?

OR at the bottom of the cliff??

[Panando]

You designate the dump zone where the dwarf will stand while dumping the item. They will dump it on the spot, unless they can throw it off an edge from that spot.