COVID-19 and Your Trash

Trash pickup in Hendersonville has been... not great lately. According to the city’s provider, that’s because of COVID-19.

After receiving a record number of trash service complaints within the last couple of weeks, the city’s Public Works Committee held a special-called meeting on Monday to discuss the issue.

The coronavirus pandemic has affected nearly every aspect of life, including trash collection, Interim Public Works Director Marshall Boyd told committee members and several other aldermen who attended the meeting via Zoom.

“In the past couple of weeks, the number of complaints has reached levels we have never experienced and are never comfortable with,” said Boyd. He attributed the amount of complaints regarding missed trash pick-up to staffing issues with Waste Pro due to COVID-19.

 https://www.hendersonvillestandard.com/news/waste-pro-trash-delays-due-to-staffing-issues-related-to-covid-19/article_2d5e8640-ccd6-11ea-b6b8-1f4d20226628.html