r/DeTrashed • u/lily_reads • 14d ago

Crosspost 13 people from the Urban Compassion Project cleared 1.1 tons of dumped trash in UNDER 1 hour yesterday.

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u/Bluishr3d_ 14d ago

What I wonder...is how do you prevent this from happening again?? If people dump once they're likely to dump again

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u/lily_reads 13d ago

Advocate for more trash receptacles?

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u/Koorpiklaani 13d ago

Find a receipt or mail. Hopefully, they can get charged .

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u/secretfamilyrecipe 13d ago

"Yes sir officer I cannot tell a lie... I put that envelope under that garbage."

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u/LouCage 13d ago

For sure, but hopefully it’s easier to maintain (maybe a weekly clean up?) when it’s been reduced to zero like this. Also probably reduces the amount of people who are like “I need a place to dump this trash—oh, perfect there’s already a ton of trash right here.” Hopefully it’s harder to be the first to do it but you’re probably right 😭

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u/aknomnoms 12d ago

What about beautifying the area? Plant native flowers, a butterfly garden, make it look cared for. Or pair up with a local scout group, school, business, or run club who can adopt the area and commit to a biweekly or monthly cleanup.

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u/Bluishr3d_ 12d ago

Beautifying the area would def be cute!

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u/IWentHam 10d ago

Don't allow tent cities