A run-down dresser with a missing drawer sits perched atop a blanket of tree branches in a neighborhood off 300 South and 800 East. It’s one of the smaller piles across the city, but neighbor Peter Conover said “it seems to be growing” — though the mattress that was there before has recently disappeared.
Salt Lake City’s new bulk waste pickup program, Call2Haul, was touted as a way to crack down on this illegal dumping. But one month in, trash continues to pile on streets across the city, and residents who do want to go through the proper channels are experiencing long wait times.