Neighbors of San Carlos Island have been living with what they now call the “Mountain of Garbage”—a massive pile of debris that’s been growing for months. Located right next to homes, the unsightly pile has not only attracted attention but also unwanted visitors like rats, mice, and even iguanas.
When Fox 4 Community Correspondent Anvar Ruziev visited the area in October, he noticed the pile growing, right in the middle of a residential area:
San Carlos Island neighbors frustrated over growing “Mountain of Garbage”
Steve Cohen, who lives on San Carlos Island, expressed his frustration: “A mountain of garbage, that’s what we like to call it. At this point, we don’t like to call it that, but it’s bad.”
The neighbors say the problem began after recent hurricanes, when dumpsters floated away, and trash collection never resumed. “It’s been pretty bad,” Cohen said. “We got rats up and down the street, you know, vermin, mice, and all kinds of things, iguanas—we’ve never had iguanas before!”