"It was taller than I am," she said. "It made it very difficult for cars to get by."

Neighbors are fed up with trash piling up in the alleys and yards near their South St. Louis homes.

"There were two couches and a mattress and a box spring all leaning against my garage," said Lyndsay Horwedel, who lives in the Shaw neighborhood.

Every once in a while, Horwedel finds trash in her alley. This weekend's pile of broken furniture was the worst she has seen.

"It was taller than I am," she said. "It made it very difficult for cars to get by."

Think that's a lot? A Tower Grove East neighbor shared photos with 5 On Your Side showing garbage spilling in to his backyard. Neighbors are left wondering who is responsible for removing it.

Horwedel says her husband did the dirty work this time.

"Put it in to the actual dumpster," she said.

She figures people looking for free things cleared away the rest.

"There used to be signs here," she said. "There are no longer signs about bulk pick up. I know there are rules about mattresses, that they're different than other items, so it's a little confusing. I'm not sure whose responsibility it is to pick this stuff up."