Illegal food waste dumping. Business owners cautiously watching security feeds of their dumpsters. Bystanders snapping photos of piled trash bags.
Across the Northeast, a pair of sanitation strikes is headed towards their second weeks on Monday, with unions representing workers in Philadelphia and the wider Boston area continuing work stoppages as they demand higher pay.
In Philadelphia, where the AFSCME District Council 33 is leading the largest city worker’s strike in four decades, city officials and residents alike complained about residents failing to follow adjusted waste rules and illegally dumping, including businesses using temporary sites set up to help collect residential trash…