ORLANDO, Fla. – Tires, trash, a bathtub, even a personal watercraft—these are just a few of the items dumped on the side of a road in an Orlando neighborhood.
Fed up with the sight and the smell, one resident turned to News 6 for help.
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We got this message on the News 6 Results Desk, “I’ve been witnessing a huge issue with illegal dumping in Orlando, near the Boggy Creek area. Local residents and outside junk removal companies are illegally dumping various hazardous items, such as large amounts of used tires, furniture, etc.”
News 6 anchor Ginger Gadsden went to investigate the problem along Pine St., off South Orange Ave., near the Taft area. She met with two brothers who voluntarily came to the area to clean up the mess and take the junk to the landfill.
“You probably have dead animals from eating the chemicals. Usually when we do these jobs we suit up,” said Bora Boracic. He and his brother, Belmin, have their own valet trash and junk removal company, but voluntarily clean up illegal dumping sites.
They told News 6 that illegal dumping has become a problem in Central Florida and in the United States.
“We get calls on a daily basis,” said Boracic, “These problems are everywhere, behind plazas, behind hotels.”
There had been confusion on whether this was under Orange County’s jurisdiction. News 6 emailed Orange County to see if anything can be done to get results, possibly with signage, but a spokesperson said the area is under the City of Orlando’s jurisdiction. News 6 emailed the city this afternoon and has not yet heard back.
“It’s the City Beautiful for a reason and with stuff like this, it dims the shine,” said Belmin Boracic.
