Baltimore City in talks with outside contractors to help with trash & recycling collection

Baltimore City in talks with outside contractors to help with trash & recycling collection

NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND BALTIMORECITY..

SOME OF THE PROBLEMSWITH TRASH AND RECYCLINGPICKUP, HAVE TO DO WITH THECORONAVIRUS, AND A SHORTAGE OFWORKERS..

WMAR 2 NEWS MARKROPER IS LIVE IN REMINGTON.MARK YOU KNOW IT'S GETTING BADWHEN PEOPLE ARE WILING TO JUSTGATHER UP THEIR OWN TRASH ANDTAKE IT TO A CITIZEN DROP-OFFCENTER LIKE THAT ONE..WITH TRASH PILING UP -- NOTSOON ENOUGH FOR PEOPLE WHO'VEALREADY BEEN WAITING FOR WEEKSFOR A TRASH PICKUP.

SOMEPEOPLE HAVE TAKEN MATTERS INTOTHEIR OWN HANDS AND AREHAULING THEIR OWN TRASH ANDRECYLABLES AND BRINGING THEMHERE BUT RESIDENTS MIGHT HAVETO WAIT UP UNTIL OCTOBER FORNEW CREWS TO SHOW UP IN THEIRNEIGHBORHOOD.

A DPW CREW WASOUT IN ASHBURTON WEDNESDAYMORNINGRECYCLABLES THAT WERE MISSEDDURING TUESDAY'S SCHEDULEDPICKUP.

AT A PRESS CONFERENCEON WEDNESDAY -- MAYOR JACKYOUNG RELAYED HIS OWNFRUSTRATIONS WITH THE DELAYSBUT BELIEVES THE DPW IS DOINGTHE BEST IT CAN GIVEN THEPANDEMIC.

DPW MANAGERS SAYOUTSIDE CONTRACTORS WILL BEBROUGHT ON TO HELP DEAL WITHTHE STAFFING SHORTAGES -- BUTRESIDENTS MIGHT NOT SEE THEEXTRA CREWS UNTIL SEPTEMBER OROCTOBER.

DPW OFFICIAL BLAMETHE DELAY IN BRINGING ON NEWCREWS ON THE UNIQUE CHALLENGESOF COLLECTING TRASH INBALTIMORE -- FINDING TRUCKSSMALL ENOUGH TO MANEUVER TCITY'S NARROW ALLEYS.

One ofthe contractors were workingwith has an equipment issue.So, they are looking at thecity for equipment that wedecommissioned, to purchaseand put back online so theycan assist us.

As a supervisorwe have to come out andinvestigate the complaints ofthe citizens and we try tomeet the demand of picking upthe trash and recycling assoon as we can.

SO IF DPWMISSED A TRASH PICKUP IN YOURNEIGHBORHOOD -- OFFICIALS SAYYOU CAN LET THEM KNOW BYCALLING 311 -- CHECK THEIRWEBSITE FOR UPDATES OR BRINGYOUR TRASH AND RECYLABLES TO ACITIZEN DROP-OFF LIKE THISONE.

LIVE IN REMINGTON -- MARKROPER WMAR 2