Two illegal dumps of waste were discovered on the same day in the Gard, including one of 30 cubic meters in Saint-Gervasy.
The garbage was dumped in a single night in a dead-end street, less than a kilometer from a village. The pile exceeds two meters high in places.
Residents stress that they are not in the middle of a landfill, but in a dead-end street near a village.
The four municipal workers do not have the means to sort everything and clean up.
With such volumes, it is difficult to trace the perpetrators.
Each year in France, more than one million tonnes of waste are abandoned in nature or on public roads.
The bill could reach 15,000 euros. If no one responsible is identified, residents fear they will have to pay it through their taxes.
A second illegal dump was reported the same day, less than 30 kilometers away.
Another person said:"It revolts me because I find it disrespectful already, especially since there's a recycling center nearby.".