Trash troubles in Middle Smithfield Township
If you have a complaint about your trash not being picked up, after you report it to your waste hauler, township officials in one part of the Poconos want to know. Author: Carmella Mataloni Updated: 4:27 PM EST February 23, 2021
MARSHALLS CREEK, Pa. It s garbage day at Wilderness Acres Community in Middle Smithfield Township near Marshalls Creek. Outside some homes, trash cans are overflowing.
Robert Diffoot tells Newswatch 16 his waste hauler, Waste Management, didn t pick up trash for weeks after the blizzard earlier this month. His trash was finally picked up last week. It shouldn t be a month without garbage pickup and stuff like that. I mean, that s my thing. I mean, they clean, it s not like they are not cleaning the roads for them to come in, and we are making space. There are people here, a couple of houses, making space to put out the garbage to be available. They don t even need to come