Cape Coral residents cause garbage pileup at Cultural Park Theater

As Cape Coral was moving toward progress with trash woes among residents, a city center experienced its own.

When Executive Director Michael Moran arrived at Cultural Park Theater for work Monday, he was met with a sight that is not common at the community center — a large pile of garbage that included mattresses, couches and a lot of yard waste.

Moran was not happy.

“It was mind blowing to say the least,” Moran explained.

Evidently, Cape Coral residents who have been fed up with the ongoing issue with Waste Pro decided to dump unclaimed trash at their homes for the city to take care of at the theater.

But Waste Pro is only scheduled to collect trash from that drop-off site Tuesday through Friday, currently.

“They had to pick up during the week last week and then not over the weekend,” Moran said. “They did it at another location, but people didn’t understand, and so they decided, ‘Well, we’ll just leave it here,’ and they did.”

The city wants to encourage residents not to continue what some have already done because it could lead to real individual consequences.

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