17 Days and Piling

Waste-ful Management

Many homes and businesses still haven't had their trash collected and removed. I took pictures of neighbor's trash still lining the sidewalks near the church where I work around MacArthur Blvd., Coolidge Ave. and Rhoda.


Many folks in and around the Dimond and Laurel districts still have not had their trash emptied in over 17 days.


The Oakland Tribune reports that a judge ordered Waste Management to pick up the trash...yet folks are still waiting. Read the article "Judge to Waste Management: Pick Up the Trash" here.


SF Gate reports that the Union and WM met today, and will continue tomorrow. While - like many of us have experienced - WM claims to have restored service to normal, yet the trash continues to pile up and "Residents Fume over Stinky Garbage"

Some folks have reported that their "grey" cans have been picked up (recycling). Others have claimed that trash has been picked up on a regular schedule - as if nothing was happening - in Montclair and other "hills" neighborhoods. Jennifer Crawford, a policy analyst for Councilwoman Jean Quan emailed earlier that this is incorrect. The recyciling or 'grey' cans are picked up in some neighborhoods by another company than WM. Which explains why they've been collected, while supposedly all the trash - wether in the hills or flatlands - continues to pile up unless the trash fairies are protecting you like those on the block where I live. Our block was serviced last week - while no one on the nearby streets and blocks were.


Kron4 News reported tonight of some neighbors in the Laurel (Octavia) who took matters into their own hands, forcing the WM temporary workers to collect their trash which had gone uncollected since late June. Watch and hear the story online here.