Guilford County Sheriff Danny Rogers and the department he runs have recently been putting an emphasis on nabbing those people who dump waste illegally in the county since the problem has become pervasive.
That’s especially turning out to be the case in the northwest section of Guilford County, and, on Wednesday, Sept. 22, the Sheriff’s Department released pictures to the media of some of the suspected offenders.
Department officials stated that, over the last few months, the Sheriff’s Department has been investigating “numerous acts of illegal dumping on Water Oak Road between Goodwill Church Road and Happy Hill Road in Stokesdale.”
In addition to being unsightly, illegally dumped waste can be a danger to kids, pets and adults. Large dumps can also lead to soil and water contamination and can disrupt wildlife ecosystems. Persistent dumping can lead to health problems in an area and create an expense for innocent property owners while simultaneously bringing down property values.
Other county departments have focused on the issue before. Several years ago, the Guilford County Department of Public Health – now part of the county’s Department of Health and Human Services – undertook an effort to battle dumping and litter especially along roadways.
According to the Sept. 18 statement from the Sheriff’s Department, illegally dumped garbage and waste is already creating hazardous conditions in sections of the county.
The department has asked the public to help find these trashy folks and help bring them to justice.
Some of the photographs released by the department were taken before the illegal dumping, while some were taken after.
The Sheriff’s Department can be reached at 336-641-3694
That pick any road in the NE section of Guilford. Folks dump their trash out on every one. Don’t quite understand why they can’t take their fast food garbage home and put it in their own trash cans (if they have any).
The same thing happens all the the time on Lassiter Street in High Point, NC. Fast food wrappers, cups, plastic bags, beer cans, etc. Sometimes furniture and tvs. Whoever is throwing their trash out must have a good job, because these take out foods get expensive when they eat it everyday. It’s embarrassing for the community. It baffles me why they do it in the first place. Where is their self respect and respect for others?
There is no respect. Leadership 101: “LEAD BY EXAMPLE”. See whose is running our various governments.
Just look at any parking lot or anywhere downtown after any weekend especially after a and t homecoming to see what the mentality of some people is. As goldie said let’s add convenience stores to help solve the problem.
Most of this trash is by selfish people with a low IQ who have been given too much by the Democrats.When a rally is held by conservatives the cleanup people usucomment that very little debris is left.But when the holier than thou Democrats hold a rally it takes an army of cleanup people to clean up afterwards. Just saying .People on the dole feel like they are always on the dole in everything they do and someone should cleanup after them!!!!!!!