fresno operation cleanup schedule map 2021

'They come and clean up somebody's home, and rather than going out to the landfill and dumping the material, they will just dump it in an alleyway, or unfortunately in this case, just add it to the debris that's part of Operation Clean Up.' 'Some even are for hire, they're not licensed,' said Rudd. But this year, people are abusing it, to the detriment of neighborhoods, dumping anything and everything, even if they're not from around the neighborhood. Rudd says in its more than ten years of existence, the Operation Clean Up program, which once a year, allows residents to dump items their garbage service won't take, has been successful. 'It looked bad, it looked like a city dump out there, that's what it looked like,' Smith said. Until it was cleaned up on Tuesday, he says the entrance to his neighborhood on Blythe Avenue looked like a jungle, littered with all kinds of trash. Most of his neighbors have similar small piles of trash on the street in front of their homes.

(KFSN) - The city of Fresno says their Operation Clean Up program isn't working the way it was designed to, as major streets and thoroughfares are becoming clogged with debris.Ĭity Manager Bruce Rudd says they'll have to go back to the drawing board to come up with a more effective program that doesn't negatively affect whole neighborhoods.įor the very first time, West Central Fresno resident James Smith is dumping trash, which the city will come and collect any day now-as part of the program. City encourages you to report illegal dumping on FresGO mobile appįRESNO, Calif.

Fresno operation cleanup schedule map 2021