In the City of Pittsburgh, all trash must be put in a bin with the lid closed, but one woman tells Channel 11 News that for weeks loose trash has been scattered in front of her Regent Square home, and the culprit is her neighbor.
Homeowner Melissa Bakht said she was out of town when she got an unexpected notification from the City of Pittsburgh warning her that she would be fined hundreds of dollars for scattered trash in front of her garage.
Unaware of what was going on, she returned home, to find a mess.
“The garbage wasn’t just behind my house, it was spread all the way out into the street because none of the garbage bags were actually tied shut,” she told Channel 11.
Afraid of being fined she began taking pictures of when the trash would appear, and almost weekly there was trash dumped.
“They are the thin clear plastic bags, I don’t even know who buys those — I think you get those from an office — they are just meant for paper because they just rip,” Bakht said.
After weeks of trying to identify the culprit, Bakht got her answer from an old Amazon box left inside one of the trash bags.