Six cities and towns in Greater Boston are taking a private sanitation company to court, saying its prolonged worker strike has led to piles of uncollected trash, hordes of rodents and a foul stink in the air.
In the suit, filed in Essex Superior Court on Thursday, Beverly, Canton, Danvers, Gloucester, Malden and Peabody demanded Republic Services fulfill its contracts, pick up the accumulating garbage and pay for the municipalities’ costs.
“The nuisance conditions caused by the defendants have directly impacted the public…