35 Baltimore neighborhoods recycling pileups after DPW crews were no shows

35 Baltimore neighborhoods recycling pileups after DPW crews were no shows

Recovered, hidden, inside thebus.

NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THESTANDOFF.

POLICE SAY THEY'LOOKING INTO WHY THAT MAN WASMAKING THOSE THREATS.

THEYALSO GAVE CREDIT TO THE DRIVEROF THE BUS.

SHE CALLED IN THETHREAT... AND EVEN TOOK APHOTO OF THE MAN AND SENT ITTO POLICE.MORE PROBLEMS FOR THEBALTIMORE CITY'S DEPARTMENT OFPUBLIC WORKS.

IT SAYS MORETHAN 30 NEIGHBORHOODSEXPERIENCED A LACK OF SERVICEYESTERDAY FOR RECYCLINGCOLLECTIONS.

AS WMAR 2 NEW'SDAVE DETLING REPORTS --- DPWWON'T SAY IF IT'S COVIDRELATED.Whether your dining alfrescoor walking your neighborhoodsidewalks, the last thing youwant to see if something likethe scene behind me.

Thosecardboard boxes and otherrecyclables, they are piledhigh.

Now itof people who live in theseneighborhoods or the localbusinesses all the localbusinesses.

Baltimore city DPWsays it falls to them becausethey are once again shortstaffed.

MOST PEOPLE IN FELLSPOINT DIDNT NOTICE THE THESMALL PILES OF RECYCLABLESTHAT WERE LEFT UNCOLLECTEDFROM THURSDAY.

BUT THE BIGGERTHE PILES GOTEVENTUALLY CAUGHT ON &INCLUDING PORTIA PITTS.

Thatis a bit distracting, walkingdown the block.

I paused a fewtimes to looked and saw whatwas really going on.

YOUGUESSED ITDEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKSDIDNT MAKE SCHEDULED PICK UPSTHURSDAY.

:Yeah, where areyou?

Where are you?

Laughs.Recycling, we have, you know,the people from across thestreet from us have theirrecycling actually stacked upin front of our house todaybecause they missed pick up.So, itBEING NOTICED ALRIGHT.

DPWSAID SERVICE PICKUP TO 35 AREAZIP CODES ACROSS BALTIMOREWERE MISSED.

OFFICIALS SAYSTHE SERVICE DISRUPTION WAS AQUOTE LACK OF STAFFCONTEXT GIVEN OR WHETHER IWAS COVID 19 RELATED.

Iteverywhere.

Iteyesore but you know, timeslike this itnever know whatso itseen worse.

NEIGBORHOODS SAYSWHILE ITMISSED RECYCLING PICKUPLAST THING RESIDENTS NEED IS AREPEAT OF THIS PAST JUNE WHENCOVID-19 INFECTED SANITATIONWORKERS LEAVING TRAUNCOLLECTED FOR WEEKS.

I thinkthe way we think about it isthat it is kind of an eyesoreand it is on trash days, itdoes smell of the block alittle bit but we also dounderstand whatright now how everyonedelayed.

OVER ON S.

BETHELSTREET CLAUDIA CAICEDO{KAI-SEE- D} SAYS IF HSMALL PILE ISN&SHE&SAYING THEREFUSS.

Ittwice on this street, once nowfor the recycling and oncebefore for the trash butotherwise itprompt.

DPW SAYS ITS LOOKINGAT WAYS TO IMPROVE SERVICEOTHER EXPLANATION WAS GIVEN.PORTIA SAYS ITHEREFOR DPW TO ONCE AGAIN FALLBEHINDCOLLECTION PILES INCREASE INSIZE AND RECEPTACLES BLOCSIDEWALKS.

:IEveryone has found solutionsfor the problem.

Wegetting back to work.

If youreally want to get back towork and you really want startintegrating back into societalnorms and like that ... comeone ... thatwein these neighborhoods wasalso delayed but DPW hasbacktracked and picked up thatuncollected trash.

As for therecyclables, no timeline asyou and Crews will be back outhere but DPW says it is workingto fix the problem.

In Fellspoint, DAVE DETLING WMAR 2News.LET'S CHECK IN