(Forrest City, AR) We can all agree dealing with solid waste disposal is a tough job.

But in Forrest City, Arkansas the problem isnt whats being thrown away but where its thrown.

Mose Metcalf is on the front line of a very smelly situation,

A concerned citizen saw someone dumping a deer carcass in the dumpster.

Metcalf, Superintendent of Forrest Citys Solid Waste Department, says recently a deer carcass was left in a dumpster close to where children play and people excercise,

You can imagine if it was 90 to 100 degrees, what an animal carcass would smell like, on top of trash in a dumpster in a public place.

Metcalf says this is an extreme example of the illegal dumping in Forrest City.

He says business owners and operators are paying the price.

There are about four hundred commercial dumpsters in Forrest City, which are emptied anywhere from one to three times a week.

Businesses are billed for the solid waste pick-up, but the problem is not everything found in the dumpsters belongs there.

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Illegal Dumping A Big Problem In Forrest City, AR For Some Business Owners