The Okanagan Forest Task Force had an unpleasant job over the weekend as the volunteer group hauled out a pile of dirty diapers from the backcountry.
The organization told Global News the garbage was left behind by a family of eight, including six children, who were living in the hills above Lake Country.
The task force says it has cleaned up after the family several times and each time they move to another location and leave another mess behind.
“We managed to completely fill a dump trailer, hydraulic dump trailer full of just diapers and not very much other garbage other than just diapers alone,” volunteer Kane Blake told Global News.
“There’s probably close to doing 800 to 1,000 pounds of used diapers. The smell is not fantastic, especially during the summer days and a lot of these dumpsites, they’ve had time to sit there and cook in the sun.”
The diapers were in various spots in that area of the backcountry, as well as packed from floor to ceiling inside a vehicle, according to Blake.
Police have been notified and are investigating.
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct the name of the Okanagan Forest Task Force volunteer.