Photo: Sherri

UPDATE: 9:40 a.m.

Those who left a couch, seat and stove on the side of the road across from Country Pines Gate in West Kelowna called Castanet Friday morning to say the spot is a well-known place to leave items for others to take.

They said there was a sign on the items saying free, and added the stove still works fine.

"People have been putting stuff out there for years."

Residents in the area drop items off there three or four times a week, they said.

ORIGINAL

A Glenrosa resident is angry and dismayed, after watching a fellow West Kelownian use an area of Glenrosa Road as his personal garbage dump.

Sherri (who didn't want her last name used), said she watched a man in a dark coloured van dump an old sofa set and stove off to the side of the road across from Country Pines Gate.

It happened about 6:15 p.m. Tuesday.

"I did a U-turn and pulled up," Sherri said upon witnessing the dumping.

"When I did that, he jumped in his van and took off. I wrote down his licence number."

She followed him but was unable to locate the man, or the van.

"I was going to ask him what the ... do you think you're doing. Take your garbage to the dump like everybody else. We live in that community. Stuff like that irritates me. If people don't get called on that kind of stuff, that's why they do it."

Sherri did say the area is used by people who are trying to sell a car or give away stuff in good condition.

"But, I could see this stuff is just garbage."

She did call the City of West Kelowna to complain about the incident, but said nothing has been done yet.

"The stuff was there today. What do they need, the picture of the guy doing it? That's why I took down the licence number," said Sherri.

"I know garbage is a big problem up there. They're dumping it in the bush on the way up to the ski hill and all kinds of places. Enough already."

Why should our taxes go up to clean up his garbage, she asked.