San Antonio is on pace this year to almost double its cost of cleaning up illegal dumping sites. In 2023 it spent $1,363,525 for the entire year. Just halfway t
Shopping carts are contributing to the illegal dumping problem that has already cost the City of San Antonio $1 Million to clean up this year. Many carts end up at landfills.hrough this year it's already spent $1,095,692.
Some carts are abandoned after people use them to haul groceries from the three major markets nearby. Others are left at dump sites stuffed with trash. Homeowner Kellie Grengs says when she failed to get Target to pick up carts, she started calling 3-1-1. Crews from the city's Solid Waste Services have responded several times over the past two years and scooped the carts up.
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