Spare a thought for the people who have to remove trash strewn around the Scarborough hydro corridor by Garbage Guy.

Crews sent out by Hydro One have so far cleaned up the corridor behind his Military Trail townhouse upwards of 30 times, dating back four years, at a cost of $65,000.

We’ve been writing the sickly tale of Garbage Guy since 2013, who has an infuriating habit of digging refuse out of green bins, loading it into stolen shopping carts and stockpiling the treasure in the hydro corridor.

More on Garbage Guy at thestar.com:

Food waste used to lure coyotes to hydro corridor path

Spreading a sickening treasure, one shopping cart at a time

Spring thaw shows Garbage Guy had a busy winter

A revolting preoccupation with human waste

According to neighbours, he is also obsessed with human waste and allegedly smears it on the doors of the cars and homes of those who confront him about his predilections, which includes bottling urine that he delivers to doorsteps.

Nothing seems to deter him from his work on days when trash is put out to the curb — not warnings from police and city officials, littering fines or showdowns with fed-up residents.

The situation reached a new boiling point when he apparently deposited food waste at both ends of a path that crosses the corridor. According to a reader, it attracts scavenging coyotes, one of which lunged at a man on the path last winter.

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Tiziana Baccega Rosa, a spokesperson for Hydro One, said the utility is doing its best to be a good neighbour by cleaning up after him, but it’s a challenge.

“Since 2011, we have received over 100 complaints from neighbours and have been out to clean up the site upwards of 30 times — requiring staff and or contractors to take extra safety precautions because the refuse is often human waste,” she said in an email.

“We continue to work with a mobile crisis intervention team (a collaboration of Toronto Police and the public mental health unit), and have also met with the local city councillor on the issue.”

She confirmed that Hydro One hired a private investigator to make sure it knew exactly who is responsible for the mess, but would not discuss it further.

The $65,000 cleanup costs were covered in the utility’s annual operating budget, she said, adding it is considering ways to recover the money, including a lien on Garbage Guy’s property.