Can the township send out the debris trucks that pick up yard bags and such in the fall/spring? That way the trees can be recycled rather than sitting in a landfill with the regular garbage. I don't understand why this is such an issue here; we've lived in several other places where the city would designate a handful of days for exclusive Christmas tree runs with its trucks and residents knew to have theirs at the curb.

RECYCLE The tree !! Cut the branches off and stuff in a bag to take to the YMCA lot and dump out the bag. That way you won't get needles in the trunk of your car.

When are they going to pick up the garbage it's Saturday !

When are they going to pick up regular garbage

A responsible and responsive private business that has a contract with the Township to pick up trash on certain days should ensure that it is able to do so. If this means putting additional workers on certain shifts or having workers perform overtime, it should be done. Additionally, if the Township is able to place calls to all the residents to announce a change in the day of trick-or-treating, someone should notify us when trash is not going be collected on assigned days. My trash was collected one day after the scheduled pickup this week without notice. The situation for those whose trash has not yet been picked up is worse. It should not have happened.

I agree with Oren on this one. This is a contract issue. What penalties did USC write into the contract for Waste Management?

I have had the pleasure to write contracts with Waste Management in a past job and I always included service level agreements that made it in the best interest of the contractor (WM) to meet the required schedules.

I understand weather issues but room on the truck is an unacceptable excuse. Send another truck! Don’t have another truck? Rent one. Don’t have staff? Hire some part time temps. Just deliver the service!

HELLO EVERYONE ---- Christmas day was a CHRISTIAN Holiday, therefore the garbage gets collected a day later. Now I realize that garbage doesn't "LOOK" good, maybe we need a ordinance that says that the garbage men aren't allowed to take off on a holiday.
Hey Glenn, maybe they should hire non Christians to work part time and pick up the bad "LOOKING" garbage in Uppity St Clair???
Oh my--- everyone celebrates New Years Day (another Holiday off) who can we get to pick up the bad "LOOKING" garbage on that day ?????

Yes, Mr. Anonymous, we all understand that garbage pickup was pushed back a day because of the CHRISTIAN holiday. Those of us that are registering a complaint are doing so because our garbage was collected two days or more after the normal pickup day, or not at all. I regret that you see the desire for trash to be picked up as scheduled to be something that is unique to us "rich folk". Perhaps you do not mind trash sitting for days on your curb or rodents in your neighborhood.

Oren, If you recall, the weather was terrible on Wednesday the 26th of December. The roads were a mess because it snowed almost all day. As stated earlier the garbage men can only drive 12 hours per day as per Federal DOT regulations. Even your "rich folk" public works people plowed and salted until late in the evening. So the garbage pickup got backed up a little further. As cold as it has been, I am sure the "rich folks rodents" stayed inside or went to Florida!!
Even Penn Dot closed some highways for a period of time and reduced the speed limits for most of the day because it was hazardous to drive.
Seriously Oren--GET A LIFE !!

I don't know about Jim and Oren but the trash issues I saw were on Jan 3/4 not the week of Christmas. Sure, there was snow, but not much. The roads were passable. I saw the garbage collectors selectively taking some trash but not others.

I ask this, if my trash isn't picked up, but my trash can is out for an additional day can I still be cited for violating the township code of bringing your trash cans in?

Heck, those garbage collectors didn't miss a beat the week of the snowpocalypse.

Wow, and yet we all survived the late garbage pick-up! We did not get overrun by rodents and the world keeps turning. Talk about a tempest in a teapot! LOL!

And Deb keeps it in perspective! Sure, it is not a big deal in the scheme of things. Just need to make sure our city is staying on top of our service providers to get all of our tax dollars worth.