Several cities and towns in Greater Boston are taking a private sanitation company to court, saying its prolonged worker strike has led to piles of uncollected trash, hordes of rodents and a foul stink in the air.

More Bay Area cities are threatening legal action against Republic Services to get money back to rate payers who have been without trash service.

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Republic Services, which is contracted to provide disposal services in the town, replied on Monday to that message and several others reporting uncollected trash in Reading."We apologize for this ...

Several New Jersey towns served by Republic Services for trash collection are steaming about service delays brought on by staffing and equipment issues. By; P. Kenneth Burns; July 8, 2022. Listen 4:26. Garbage and recycling containers overflow on a residential street in Cherry Hill Township, New Jersey.