Philly residents “relieved” as trash collection resumes following strike

Trash collection in the city of Philadelphia returns on Monday for the first time in nearly two weeks after the end of District Council 33’s strike.

In the city’s Spring Garden section, neighbors are already prepared. Piles of trash bags and completely full bins could be seen on the curb. The neighborhood will be one of the first to have its trash picked up.

“I feel like everyone was kind of worried that the strike and the mayor wouldn’t come to a conclusion as fast as it did, kind of glad, when I woke up to the news, I was surprised in a good way,” resident Ally Darmo said…

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