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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