Authorities say environmental crime is a growing problem in central Ohio

Environmental crime has a way of finding its way into neighborhoods.“That’s the dumping of unwanted materials into our waterways, along our streets and into our open spaces like public parks,” says Hanna Greer-Brown with the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio (SWACO).She says the Franklin County-based agency created the Environmental Crimes Task Force (ECTF) in 1992 to crack down on illegal dumping and littering, especially at the recycling drop off locations operated by SWA