Future generations of archaeologists are likely to scratch their heads at Monte Sano Park in Scotlandville. In the grass, a toilet bowl lies next to a smoke detector. Nearby, weeds grow through the trunk of a Ford Roadster, parked next to an abandoned motorboat.

Underneath a section of Interstate 110, litter peppers the ground. During rains, streams of plastic and Styrofoam flow a few feet down into Monte Sano Bayou, its banks lined with hundreds of car tires.

“They had been dumping tires in this bayou for two decades,” said Trevor Besse, regional manager for Mobile, Alabama-based Osprey Initiative.

The site, notorious for illegal dumping in Baton Rouge, is strategically located for someone in the litter business. Besse's staff has already removed hundreds of tires, and he’s working to

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