TRASH

KALAMAZOO, MI -- Trash is piling up where it should not be, and the Kalamazoo City Commission took action this week to try to address the problem. “It became untenable, certainly for the residents,” Baker said, estimating that the contract bulk trash service fell about a week behind as the Fourth of July holiday hit. A staffing shortage is affecting Republic Services, Baker said. Santiago Services is targeting trash and debris at properties throughout the city — to scoop up bulk trash pickup items left alongside roads. Trash piled up on the side of a street on the city's Northside neighborhood as the city's contractor fell behind on bulk trash removal service.

Some city services will pause for the July 4 holiday.

Some city offices will be closed in observance of the Juneteenth holiday.

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 Memorial Day holiday will impact several city services.

The city of Detroit has been getting a non-stop stream of reports from residents about illegal dumping.

While we set aside one day a year to celebrate Earth Day and focus on ways each of us can protect our planet, there are things we can do every day that are simple and meaningful.

Go into any store right now to buy pretty much anything, and you’ll find literal tons of plastic packaging. Goods are shrink-wrapped, sealed and stored, all in plastic.

For many of us, plastic bags are a way to get our groceries, and anything else we buy, home from the store.

Community leaders, organizations and volunteers gathered on Saturday to clear whippet canisters from the streets of Southwest Detroit.

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).

Monthly compost pick-up will take place during the weeks of Jan. 3, Feb. 7 and March 7 with weekly curbside service returning in April.

Recycle Ann Arbor put together a guide to help you have a zero waste holiday.

See which city services will be paused during the Thanksgiving holiday.

City government offices will be closed twice in November due to Veterans Day and the Thanksgiving holiday.

Police announced a major development in the effort to take back the streets from illegal dumpers in Detroit.

Since Local 4 Defenders reported on the issue last week, the area behind businesses near the intersection of Woodward Avenue and Beresford Street has been more clean.

The vehicular scavenger hunt will take teams all around Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti.

Scammers are targeting thousands in Metro Detroit who dealt with storm-related problems over the summer.

The unpleasant sight of old furniture including mattresses, rotting dressers and other trash bags is just too much for Karen Mealing-Ford and others living in her west side Detroit neighborhood.

The city of Detroit was quick to respond, issuing tickets and cleaning up the mess, but the trash keeps coming.

The city of Ann Arbor announced that city offices would be closed on Monday, Sept. 6 for the Labor Day holiday.

Many people have spent the summer cleaning up from flooding and severe storms that hit Metro Detroit.

The Ann Arbor Drop-Off Station accepts various items and materials for a fee.

There is an ongoing battle against illegal dumping in Detroit.

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

“It’s upsetting this happens,” Nelson said. “It happens nonstop.”

Residents living along Hazlett Street in Detroit have been living alongside a massive mess since the June floods.

Residents of Wayne County who were affected by major flooding that struck the region last month can now request help with clean-up efforts.

We have seen it all over town, people throwing trash in vacant fields or on the property of others.

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

People dumping trash has been a problem in Detroit but it’s becoming an even bigger issue as we come out of the pandemic.

Fast-moving and rising water caused basements to flood in Detroit and now trash is piling up along sidewalks all over the city.

The trash problem has been growing during the COVID pandemic and many people have had enough with illegal dumping and the potential dangers from it.

Jonathan Pommerville has spent years publicly shaming illegal dumpers on Facebook but now he’s going to have to find a new tactic to curb illegal dumping.

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

Chemicals in trash cause garbage truck explosion in Bloomfield TownshipIf you need help with the Public File, call (313) 222-0566.

DETROIT Skateboarders are not fine with party-goers trashing a local park after a long weekend. The whole field basically filled with trash, said local skater Paolo Delapena. There were alcohol bottles and food boxes all over the skating park. Casem pointed out its not from the community that uses the park, but instead outsiders who have found a new hang out spot. While skaters are fine with sharing the park, they want visitors to do their part in keeping it clean.

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