Dive summary:
- An unpaid bill has been causing problems between the Life Center Church of God in Hendersonville, N.C., and Consolidated Waste Services all summer, but after a misunderstanding that left trash strewn across the church’s lawn Thursday the problem might only get worse.
- "Unfortunately, the driver was told to pick the container up and dump it on the yard. He thought we meant the yard of the church," said Consolidated Waste Services owner, Scott Welch, adding that what they really meant was the company's yard. "We're going to clean it up now."
- According to Consolidated Waste Services, the Life Center Church of God owes them $700 for use of the dumpster dating as far back as April.
From the article:
A misunderstanding over a unpaid bill turned led to a pile of garbage being dumped on a Hendersonville church's property.
According to our news coverage partners at the Hendersonville Times-News, a garbage truck unloaded all of the trash in a dumpster onto the church's yard around 8 a.m. Thursday morning.
Pastor J. Elwood Gatlin of Life Center Church of God told the Times-News that "it's been a rough day for me today," after discovering the trash. ...
