Your Yard Waste Is Late. Here’s Why, and a Trash Tip You Probably Missed.
Palm Bay, FL -- If your yard waste pile has been sitting at the curb longer than usual, you’re not imagining it. The city posted a notice on April 3 explaining what’s going on, and the numbers are significant.
The volume of yard waste collected this March was 61% higher than the same period last year. The cause is the recent freeze, which killed or damaged vegetation across Palm Bay on a scale that Republic Services hasn’t handled as a routine pickup event. The company is treating it like a hurricane debris response.
What Republic Services Added
To work through the backlog, Republic Services…
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