PHILADELPHIA - Some Philadelphia residents are dealing with a smelly situation. They say the amount of trash on their streets is disgusting and feel other neighborhoods are better taken care of.
Sandra Braxton lives by 55th and Spruce in West Philly and locked right in on a new report from the city that says trash collection across city neighborhoods and regions is well garbage. "If I put it out on a Thursday night for Friday, I think one time it was picked up on a Sunday or that following Monday," she said.Of course, that can make the smell unbearable.
The controller’s office looked at trash pickup data from the last few years and found that while COVID-19 made delays worse in many areas there were issues before that.Philadelphia City.