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Public Utilities, Waste Management

Philadelphia Mixes Refuse and Recycling to Manage Waste Backup

August 14, 2020

Via: Waste360

Philadelphia, like many other cities, is struggling to keep up with trash collection, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. With more people at home, the volume of waste has increased in residential neighborhoods. With a backlog of pickups in some neighborhoods, the […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

Florida County Approves 39% Trash Contract Increase

March 2, 2020

Via: Waste360

Florida County commissioners have voted for a new trash contract with Waste Management at a 39 percent rate increase. Under the new contract, the annual bill for trash collection at a single family home will jump to an estimated $194.28 […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

NYC Homeowners Win Trash Collection Lawsuit Against DSNY

June 25, 2019

Via: Waste360

A group of New York City homeowners, known as the Bay Ridge homeowners, won a trash collections lawsuit against the City of New York Department of Sanitation (DSNY). The Article 78 lawsuit was filed in 2017 to try to force […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

NYC Mayor Criticized for Closed-Door Trash Collection Meetings

January 23, 2018

Via: Waste360

Many businesses in New York City are demanding that Mayor Bill de Blasio hold public hearings on a proposal to shift to a zoned commercial collection system. The demand is in response to a private meeting of the New York […]