Below is most of what I sent to my apartment manager regarding illegal dumping of waste on our apartment complex. Names and such are redacted to protect those presumed innocent until proven guilty.
“I am sorry to bother you since I understand you are out of town but I need to cover my bases on this one as I am know I have pissed off one of your maintenance staff. I viewed him earlier today emptying the contents of a carpet cleaning unit on the lawn below/in front of my apartment. I surmised that this was not legal and subsequent research has shown that my suspicions are most likely true.
I wanted to talk to you about it but when I went in the office I found not only that you were not there but that the maintenance staff in question was so I deferred reporting the incident at that time. Later in the day as I passed by the office, I just couldn’t let go of it and in hopes that the maintenance staff member was not there, I decided to tell your office staff about the incident.
Unfortunately, the maintenance staff member was in the office and I put myself in a spot where it would have looked weird if I walked out again without saying anything. Accordingly I brought the subject up to your assistant manager, the office assistant and the maintenance man. Needless to say it was an uncomfortable situation. Your maintenance man was on the spot and obviously disgruntled with my revelation.
According to the maintenance man, disposing of carpet cleaning waste on the lawn is commonplace if not the norm. It however should be disposed of through a home/business sewer system and where not applicable at an authorized disposal facility. It should not be dumped on lawns, pavement, or storm sewers. I do not have pictures of the action but do have pictures of the residue from the dumping of the waste.
I want ….. Apartments to take action to come up with a legal and ethical means of disposing said waste and I do not want to be a victim of retribution by the management or staff of the organization for reporting this incident. Please assure me that you will follow up with me on this.”
I am waiting for a response….