GARBAGE

The holidays came and went, and so did the ribbon, bows, wrapping paper and all that packaging.

The Dearborn Heights community is ready to dump its new trash hauler just months into a new contract because of significant complaints. Neighbors say they’re frustrated and fed up as the city contemplates ditching its trash hauler, who’s only been on the job for three months.

The city is cleaning up an illegal dumping site in Detroit after the area started getting attention on the social media app TikTok.

People living on Detroit’s west side will have their trash and recycling containers collected one to two days late due to COVID-related staffing issues, according to the Department of Public Works (DPW).

Residents across Metro Detroit have been reporting delays in their trash pickup schedule.

In the days following the latest floods that soaked homes across Metro Detroit, a thick layer of mud can still be spotted in one Dearborn Heights neighborhood.

Tips have been coming in from viewers all across Metro Detroit about illegal dumping.

An abandoned Detroit school on the city’s east side has become a dumping ground.

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. – A GFL Environmental garbage truck crashed into a utility pole Wednesday morning at the intersection of Mound Road and 14 Mile Road in Sterling Heights. The intersection was closed while a DTE Energy crews worked to clean up the debris and repair the pole. It has since reopened. No serious injuries have been reported.

Michigan, of course, is at the very heart of this matter due to it’s proximity to Canada.