'Make our street look like a street, not a dump'| Residents tired of dirty neighborhoods as City prepares to launch illegal dumping awareness campaign

Local residents frustrated with the illegal dumping issue in San Antonio

"Fight Dirty" is the name of the upcoming public awareness campaign on illegal dumping. The mission is to emphasize community support in reporting such activity.SAN ANTONIO — Haskell Russell lives on the east side of San Antonio in a neighborhood where old mattresses and couches routinely line the sidewalks. He's not surprised anymore by what he sees.

"There's illegal dumping going on all over the city. There are some sites we know that we consider chronic sites that we go out and know there is going to be items out there," said Andrew Gutierrez, assistant director of the Solid Waste Management Department. "We've done some surveillances with SAPD, seven so far since we started this year and it's led to 3 arrests so we're planning to do more of those," Gutierrez said.There's now an emphasized focus on attracting community support through a public awareness campaign called"Fight Dirty."

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