Local leaders across California are growing concerned about public health issues as trash piles up around the state. Garbage collectors with Republic Services have walked off the job as they stand in solidarity with striking workers on the East Coast.
Many cities have opened places where people can take their household waste to throw it away. Sanitation workers have walked off the job in Bay Area cities and across several counties including Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego. Union leaders say contract talks are continuing this week. Even if an agreement is reached soon, trash collection might not resume for a few more days…