VANCOUVER – Louise Guilfoy has lived in Nanaimo for five years and while she loves her community and living on Vancouver Island, she has had enough of what appears to be a growing problem.
Some residents are continuing to dump garbage illegally on the nature trails and in the forests and Guilfoy wants it to stop.
She, along with a few other residents, have banded together on social media to start the Facebook page ‘Stop Illegal Garbage Dumping – Vancouver Island‘. It only started six days ago and already has more than 3,500 likes.
The garbage includes household items, furniture, car batteries, tires, bikes and lots of mail, with names, addresses and personal details clearly visible.
Gilfoy says they have contacted people whose mail has been found in the garbage but they have decided against putting the details on the Facebook page. “I don’t want to destroy someone’s life,” she says, as they don’t know if the person whose mail is dumped is the person who dumped it there.
“We also want to bring awareness to identity theft. We found credit card statements, insurance papers, it’s crazy.”
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Gilfoy also wants to point out the environmental impact this illegal dumping is having on their trails and forests. “Isn’t it disgusting?” she says.
The group would also love to organize a cleanup effort and find out the stories behind the illegal dumping.
“Not just be a keyboard warrior,” says Gilfoy.
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