After seeing CTV Barrie’s story about big junk items being left illegally on the side of the road, a local company decided to help out.
Barrie Junk Removal went out today in Oro-Medonte picking up the big items left along 5/6 Sideroad.
Darcy Foster, who owns Barrie Junk Removal, says it’s not that expensive to get rid of big items, and says he’s not sure why they’re being dumped along the side of the road.
It's been a busy day of clean up.
“This is a wetland, this is an area that we should really be working on preserving not dumping garbage,” says Foster.
Eight days ago CTV News found a large mess of garbage along the 5/6 Sideroad in Oro-Medonte. It angered viewers so much some decided to take their own action.
“Because of CTV's recent broadcast of all the illegal dumping garbage that's been going on we decided that we could get volunteers together to load up the truck and trailer to do our best to clean up as much as we can,” says Foster.
He says because the mess happens all the time, he is going to hold a free clean-up day every year.
The chief by-law officer in Oro-Medonte says since CTV’s story aired he found two more illegal dump sites and has been told of five more by residents.
“People have dumped fridges in the wetlands,” says Harvey Garraway, who was out helping. “This is, again, where the nature lives. There's deer running through here all the time. How can they survive if they drink the water and it has Freon in it? I mean it's just terrible what's going on here.”
In Barrie, the city says they historically have to deal with garbage left behind by students this time of year. As they move out sometimes the unwanted couches and beds end up by the road. So far the city hasn't been called out to clean up.
Have you seen anything unusual being dumped along the side of the road? Let us know.
