Garbage collection, or the lack thereof, in the City of Washington has been an ongoing issue for residents for over a year now. Bigs Sanitation is in a multi year contract with the city till 2028 and people are not happy to be paying close to 300 dollars a year for the service. Mayor JoJo Burgess called for a meeting
for residents to voice their complaints and ask questions about the issue. This is the second meeting where not a lot of residents showed up regarding this topic. Hundreds of people have been reporting that their trash has not been picked up in over three weeks and with the warmer weather now means wildlife will be attracted to the trash. At the meeting, it was addressed that the 6th and 7th wards are having the most difficulty with getting trash picked up, but did not elaborate as to why there is a challenge with collecting the trash. Bigs Sanitation said that they added an extra helper for the Monday pick up and stated that the company is committed to keeping the same schedule as the previous haulers. The
meeting concluded with Bigs looking into possibly adjusting its contract with the city
to change the schedule to help fix the trash issue.