Cape Coral man trying to keep his neighborhood clean by himself

CAPE CORAL, Fla. —

Kyle L'Hommedieu lived along Northeast 28th Street in Cape Coral for six years, he says littering and dumping is a huge issue in his neighborhood.

"I don't know who doesn't want to live in a nice, clean, safe community. That's something that boggles my mind, and you know, to see it all over the place, and I think we've all just got complacent on accepting it," said L'Hommedieu.

Last month he started taking matters into his own hands and began picking up the trash himself.

"I can't [complain] and moan if I'm not going to do something about it myself, so I ordered a litter bag, and I started picking up litter," he added."I see the same trash week after week, month after month; nobody picks it up, and even when I pick it up two days later, there's more trash out there."

He doesn't think it will ever stop.

"Probably as of now, I've picked up about 150 pounds of litter," said L'Hommedieu.

Kyle told Gulf Coast News that he went to Cape Coral Police to find out how many citations have been given out from 2020 to 2024, and the records show only 3. Kyle feels like there should be a lot more.

"I get that the cops are overwhelmed with the amount of people that have moved to the area, and they probably don't get all the support they need, but we got to do better as a whole community," he added.

Despite the amount of litter Kyle finds, he says he doesn't plan on stopping anytime soon.

"If everybody jumps on board or majority jumps on board, we can actually make this place a lot nicer," he emphasized.