Twice Per Week Trash Pick Up Begins 7/6/2020

Published on July 06, 2020

CHANGE TO TWICE PER WEEK TRASH PICK UP
May 28, 2020

Dear Residents,

As you were notified by our Delco Alert on Wednesday, May 27th, twice per week trash pick up will be delayed until Monday, July 6th. 

The largest factor in our need to delay the start of twice per week trash pick up is the need to hire seasonal help. Twice per week trash pick up is only made possible by hiring seasonal help. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we were unable to move forward with adding seasonal employees to our staff. This was, in part, to protect our current sanitation staff by not introducing new people into the staff at a time when we are also staggering schedules and taking other steps to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.

Now that the Governor is moving Delaware County from red to yellow, we are able to move forward with hiring the necessary seasonal help to allow us to do twice per week trash pick up. Due to the amount of applicants, the number of people we need to hire, and the time it takes to train them, we cannot begin twice per week trash pick up until July 6th. We appreciate the hard work that our Sanitation Staff have been doing during this public health crisis. They have been doing a great job making sure there has been no disruption in service during this pandemic.

We have heard from residents who say that they would like a reduction of their sewer and trash fees due to the change in schedule. Please keep in mind that much of the Sewer and Trash fees go to cover the Township costs to sewer treatment facilities and the cost to dispose of the trash and recycling.

This decision was not made lightly and we completely understand and apologize for any inconvenience to residents. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we work to safeguard the long term fiscal health of Upper Darby Township. Many municipalities are making drastic cuts to budgets and services because of the pandemic. We are fortunate that these kinds of drastic reductions are not necessary in Upper Darby. We are shortening the time frame for twice per week trash pick up but not eliminating it.

Sincerely,

Mayor Barbarann Keffer

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