Residents in Detroit’s Old Redford neighborhood push back after latest round of illegal dumping

DETROIT – Neighbors in the Old Redford neighborhood are fed up with yet another illegal dumping incident left a vacant lot at the corner of Thatcher and Burgess strewn with trash, broken glass and household debris.

John George of Detroit Blight Busters, who has helped lead cleanup and neighborhood improvement efforts in Old Redford, called the latest dumping “disheartening” and said the piles of debris had been sitting for more than a week.

“I’m just sick and tired of it. You’ve got broken glass, you’ve got broken porcelain. You’ve got trash. You’ve got garbage,” George said, describing the scene…

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