Illegal dumping in Ottawa: Garbage heap growing on Old Innes Road [Video]

A growing pile of garbage along Old Innes Road in Ottawa’s east end has become an unsightly and smelly mess for local business owners who say they are tired of seeing the area used as an illegal dumping ground.

The large pile of discarded items includes black trash bags filled with food waste, tires, broken furniture, oil containers, and industrial materials such as asphalt. It is turning the area into what seems to be an unofficial dump.

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“It’s really been in the last year and a half that this has become problematic,” says Rob Moran, whose family operates Cadieux Interiors which faces the garbage heap. “It’s just a very unpleasant situation for this part of town and for the city of Ottawa. Customers that have come into the store have made reference to whether or …