Palmdale officials struggling to contain spread of illegal dumping in open spaces, wetlands; 240 tons of trash removed in April alone
Illegal trash dumping in Palmdale has become a major menace. Work crews are out daily scooping up tons of trash littering fields and neighborhoods throughout the area.
City maintenance supervisor Bruce Roadhouse says the city picked up and hauled away 244 tons of trash in April alone.The city had 100 work orders come in in one month just for picking up trash, he says. If they didn't have work crews out picking up mountains of garbage the city would look and smell like a landfill, Roadhouse says.Palmdale Mayor Steve Hofbaur says last year volunteers picked up 1,000 tons of trash from Una Lake in Palmdale.
Roadhouse says he'd rather have his personnel assigned to fixing potholes and cleaning storm drains. But instead he has to have them out every day picking up trash that's dumped where it doesn't belong. Dumping trash in public places is illegal but Roadhouse says catching people in the act is almost impossible.
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