After flooding in early July washed two dumpsters into Pimmit Run, the stream bed is now dumpster-free.
On Wednesday, Tysons Reporter found the two dumpsters — washed up on the bed of Pimmit Run near Old Chesterbrook Road.
Fairfax County officials said the bins that washed up on the stream bed roughly eight weeks ago and belonged to American Disposal Services and Republic Services.
The county alerted the companies about the dumpsters in July, Judy Pedersen, a spokesperson of the Fairfax County Park Authority, told Tysons Reporter.
“Over the past few weeks we have contacted these two companies six times in an effort to get them removed,” Pedersen said.
One Nextdoor user said they reached out weeks ago to Fairfax County Park Authority, DPWES, law enforcement and Dranesville District Supervisor John Foust about the dumpsters.
“Admittedly, removing the dumpsters is going to be difficult,” the user wrote. “There’s no easy access for heavy equipment to reach them.”
Both bins were removed today (Sept. 5), according to Nathan Geldner, a spokesperson for Republic Services.
Geldner did not answer Tysons Reporter question about why it took so long to respond to the requests from governmental officials.
American Disposal Services promised to have both bins removed after the county’s Department of Code Compliance pressured the garbage companies to make changes, Matthew Kaiser, the spokesperson for the county’s Department of Public Works and Environmental Services (DPWES), told Tysons Reporter.
Kaiser said a contractor removed the bins. Tysons Reporter has not been able to confirm which company hired the contractor.
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