After years of growing illegal dumping issues, the City of Alice and Jim Wells County are working together on a new plan to clean up neighborhoods and hold violators accountable.

KRIS 6 News has covered illegal dumping in Jim Wells County three times in the last two years, and the problem has only gotten worse. City and county leaders outlined their strategy to address the persistent issue.

"It got out of hand, a little bit, with the residential because we did allow mixed debris once a year and we did allow the brush twice a year," said Alice Mayor Cynthia Carrasco.

Carrasco said illegal dumping has been a growing problem for years, made worse by recent weather events.

"Then, we had the storms. We had the freeze. So everything has accumulated. So, now we're trying to get a handle on it

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