Pittsburghers are increasingly finding themselves stuck with garbage after collection day, 311 data shows.
While the number of service requests to the City of Pittsburgh related to missed collections has been on an upswing over the last decade, a marked shift began after the pandemic. Now these complaints number more than 10,000 each year.
The issue is particularly acute in the West End, South Hills and Greater Hill District neighborhoods, where some residents say missed trash only adds to the pile of litter issues in their area. There’s no single reason the taxpayer-funded service has received an increasing number of complaints via the city’s 311 help line, according to city officials.
Why? It’s a bit of a mystery
Harold Love, a Highland Park resident, said “it’s inexplicable” why his trash doesn’t get picked up, sometimes for consecutive weeks…