Trash

St. Louis has gone without a curbside recycling program for eight months now.

City officials had hoped to resume regular recycling this month, but an ongoing labor shortage has thrown a wrench in those plans.

Freeburg closed the center because of non-recyclable garbage that routinely contaminated collection bins.

The Refuse Division has struggled to hire enough drivers to pick up trash across the city, leading it to stop sorting recycling in July. Thanks to an uptick in new hires, the service is expected to resume by December.

Nearly a third of trash truck driver positions in the city of St. Louis remain open. As homebound residents produce more waste and recycling during the pandemic, workers are scrambling to keep up, often working weekends.

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