PLUMSTED – Joann and Joel Loricco have a very long drive way and dragging their trash bins down to the end of it for pickup isn’t fun. It is even less fun when the trash isn’t actually picked up.
The couple recently spoke about that problem at a recent Township Committee meeting.
The couple isn’t alone with that problem. Their trash is picked up by Waste Management but pick-ups have been inconsistent.
“This is an ongoing problem and I don’t know how to solve it,” Joann Loricco said. “They missed us two weeks ago. They came out and their recording said their task was completed so there is a break down somewhere,” she added.
The resident added, “I feel that since this is contracted through the township, the township has a responsibility to help us. A week prior all of Buckalew Lane was missed. There is no rhyme or reason. We are getting missed frequently and I don’t know why. It isn’t a routing issue because they know where my house is,” she added.
Committeeman Dominick Cuozzo told the couple, “I know it is very frustrating. They (Waste Management) work for us and if they aren’t doing their job they need to be called to task. They track these trucks and they know where these trucks have gone.”
Joel Loricco said that in a conversation he had with a Waste Management representative one afternoon, “she said all complaints have to come through the township. Meanwhile my garbage hasn’t been collected.”
Township officials said the situation would be investigated further.
