City Of West Palm Beach: Touting Reward Up To $500 For Illegal Dumping Tips, Sanitation Vehicles Urge: Don't Dump On WPB

West Palm Beach FL

26 August, 2021

10:28 AM

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Press release from the City of West Palm Beach: 08/25/2021 11:13 AM   WEST PALM BEACH, FLA (August 25, 2021) – As part of Mayor Keith A. James' Operation Clean Streets initiative, two city sanitation vehicles have been wrapped in messaging urging against illegal dumping and reminding of a reward up to $500 for illegal dumping tips. The trash collection vehicles will carry this message on their daily routes throughout the city. Ongoing since October 2019, Operation Clean Streets aims to curb illegal dumping in neighborhoods through education, enforcement and prevention. The effort is designed to improve the overall quality of life for residents, promote public safety in our neighborhoods, and attract economic investment to our city. Since the initiative's inception, at least seven people have been arrested, and more than 159,000 lbs. of illegally dumped material have been removed from neighborhoods. The vehicles depart from the City Complex at 1045 Charlotte Avenue, Monday – Saturday, 5 – 5:30 a.m. For information on how to properly dispose of waste and debris, please contact the Department of Public Works Sanitation Division at (561) 822-2075 (TTY: 800-955-8771) or click here! This press release was produced by the City of West Palm Beach. The views expressed here are the author's own.