illegal dumping facts

8 ILLEGAL DUMP SITES

WERE CLEANED UP IN

FOREST HILL THROUGH

ENFORCEMENT

ACTIONS FROM THE

2012-2013 FISCAL YEAR

1 GALLON OF OIL

CAN CONTAMINATE

1 MILLION GALLONS

OF WATER –

EQUIVALENT TO A

YEAR’S SUPPLY OF

WATER FOR 50

PEOPLE

24,287,119 POUNDS

OF ILLEGALLY

DUMPED WASTE

WAS REMOVED IN

NORTH CENTRAL

TEXAS IN 2010-2011

THROUGH

ENFORCEMENT

ACTION

DUMPSITES WITH SCRAP TIRES

PROVIDE IDEAL BREEDING

GROUNDS FOR MOSQUITOS,

WHICH CAN MULTIPLE 100

TIMES FASTER IN SUCH AN

ENVIRONMENT

YOU CAN BE FINED UP TO

$500 FOR 5 POUNDS OR

LESS OF ILLEGAL DUMPING

54,427 ILLEGAL DUMP

SITES HAVE BEEN

CLEANED UP AS A

RESULT OF SOLID

WASTE GRANTS FROM

THE YEAR 2005-2011

29,500 USED TIRES

WERE COLLECTED FOR

REUSE OR RECYCLING

IN 2012-2013

109 ILLEGAL DUMP

SITES WERE CLEANED

UP IN KAUFMAN

COUNTY FOR THE 2012-

2013 FISCAL YEAR

OVER 50 MILLION POUNDS

OF WASTE WAS REMOVED

FROM ILLEGAL DUMP SITES

IN 2005-2011, A RESULT OF

SOLID WASTE GRANTS

AS A RESULT OF

ILLEGAL DUMPING,

PROPERTY VALUES

DECREASE & THE

COMMUNITY

BECOMES

UNATTRACTIVE TO

COMMERCIAL AND

RESIDENTIAL

DEVELOPERS

125 TONS OF WASTE

WAS COLLECTED FOR

DISPOSAL AT CITIZEN

COLLECTION STATIONS

AND SMALL TRANSFER

STATION IN 2012-2013

SOLID WASTE GRANT

FUNDING HELPED

IDENTIFY 77,968

ILLEGAL DUMP SITES

FROM 2005-2011

COMMERCIAL DUMPING

OF 200 POUNDS CAN

RESULT IN A FINE OF

UP TO $10,000 AND/OR

UP TO 2 YEARS IN JAIL

STATE WIDE,

HOUSEHOLD

HAZARDOUS WASTE

COLLECTION

EVENTS HAVE

COLLECTED

1 MILLION

GALLONS OF

PAINT FROM

2005-2011

$48,414.25 GRANT FUNDED DOLLARS WERE

PUT TOWARDS LITTER AND ILLEGAL

DUMPING CLEAN UP AND COMMUNITY

COLLECTION EVENTS IN THE 2012-2013

FISCAL YEAR IN KAUFMAN COUNTY

REGIONAL SOLID

WASTE GRANTS

HAVE DIVERTED

1.6 MILLION TONS

OF SOLID WASTE

FROM LANDFILLS

FROM 2005-2011

STATE WIDE,

HOUSEHOLD

HAZARDOUS WASTE

EVENTS COLLECTED

561,891 GALLONS

OF OIL IN THE

YEARS 2005-2011

KAUFMAN COUNTY SAW

9,225 VOLUNTEERS AND

PARTICIPANTS AT LITTER

AND ILLEGAL DUMPING

CLEANUPS AND COMMUNITY

COLLECTION EVENTS IN THE

2012-2013 FISCAL YEAR

20 MILES OF WATERFRONT WERE

CLEANED OF ILLEGAL DUMPING

AND LITTER IN THE 2012-2013

FISCAL YEAR IN KAUFMAN COUNTY

STATE WIDE, COLLECTION EVENTS

HAVE COLLECTED 544,487 TIRES

IN THE YEARS 2005-2011

15,360 POUNDS OF WASTE

WAS REMOVED FROM

ILLEGAL DUMPSITES IN

FOREST HILL FOR THE

2012-2013 FISCAL YEAR

DUMPING A CLOSED

BARREL OR DRUM CAN

RESULT IN FINES OF UP

TO $10,000 AND/OR 2

YEARS IN JAIL

YOU CAN BE

FINED UP TO

$10,000 AND/OR

SPEND 2 YEARS

IN JAIL FOR

ILLEGAL

DUMPING OF

1,000 PUNDS

OR MORE

AN ILLEGAL DUMPING

MISDEMEANOR WILL

SHOW UP ON YOUR

RECORD AND A

BACKGROUND CHECK

COMMERCIAL DUMPING

OF 5 TO 199 POUNDS

CAN RESULT IN A FINE

OF UP TO $4,000

AND/OR 1 YEAR IN JAIL

YOU CAN BE FINED UP

TO $500 FOR 5 GALLON

OR LESS OF ILLEGAL

DUMPING

61 ACRES OF

ILLEGALLY

DUMPED ON

LAND WAS

CLEANED UP

IN THE 2012-

2013 FISCAL

YEAR IN

KAUFMAN

COUNTY

YOU CAN BE FINED

UP TO $4,000 AND/OR

SPEND UP TO 1 YEAR

IN JAIL FOR 500 TO

9,999 POUND OF

ILLEGAL DUMPING