What to do if you miss garbage day in Fredericton

North-end residents in Frederiction are concerned about an area covered in litter and garbage, near a major shopping centre.

Staff at the City of Fredericton are looking into whose land the property is on, and who would be responsible for the clean-up of the garbage and debris.

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Staff tell Global News they will look into the matter and determine if it’s a by-law issue.

In the meantime, staff at Fredericton Regional Solid Waste say areas like this are serving as a reminder that Frederictonians should ensure they properly dispose of their garbage.

Fredericton Region Solid Waste manager of education and public relations Brad Janes says there are lots of place people can throw out their garbage around the city.

Janes says if you miss your garbage collection day, that trash can be brought to the landfill on Alison Boulevard.

“Nobody likes to see blowing debris downtown, or anywhere else — so we’ll gladly take it here,” Janes said.

Janes says there is a tipping fee to drop off garbage.  He says the cost goes by weight; it costs $82.50 per metric tonne.

He says that dropping off a few bags of garbage from home or from a community clean-up wouldn’t be too expensive to bring to the dump.

North-end shopper Shawn Sommerville drives past the littered area frequently and says it’s been that way for over eight years.

“Every year you can always notice — in the spring from the wintertime, of course from the plows and everything — that the garbage doesn’t get picked up as much and it always seem to end up in here. I’ve looked at it lots of times,” Sommerville said.

Sommerville says it looks as though it would be extremely difficult to clean up. He says anyone willing to clean it would likely need a small boat and a large rake to skim the garbage off the top of the water.

“I’ve never seen anyone getting near it. Probably because they look at it and think  it’s so disgusting they wouldn’t go near it,” Sommerville said.  He tells Global News he thinks it looks like something out of a third-world country, and it doesn’t belong in the city, or near the shopping centre.

“I wouldn’t want to touch the water in it, or clean the garbage up into it or anything — It’s disgusting,” Sommerville said.