Residents in parts of unincorporated Palm Beach County, Florida, are dealing with the annoying hassle of missed garbage pickups.
The rollout of new garbage contracts has caused full trash cans to stay at the curb without being emptied for long periods of time.
Here’s what to know
Complaints started to stack up after the start of Palm Beach County’s new seven-year collection contracts on Oct. 1. The Solid Waste Authority told CBS12 it received 5,543 customer notification forms tied to calls from Oct. 1 to Oct. 13 — about twice the roughly 2,700 contacts usually expected over that span.
Not every notification form reflected a verified missed pickup, but the overall count still indicated a clear jump in complaints and uncertainty…