Waste Management Official Says Heat, Equipment Trouble Impacted Waste Collection - LevittownNow.com
Waste Management Official Says Heat, Equipment Trouble Impacted Waste Collection - LevittownNow.com
Waste Management Official Says Heat, Equipment Trouble Impacted Waste Collection
Bristol Township residents have lodged complaints this summer after Waste Management has run into trouble with waste collection.
“It’s been a rough summer,’ Bristol Township Council President Craig Bowen said.
“It has,” Michael Ramos, senior district manager for Waste Management representative. replied.
In speaking to Bristol Township Council last week, the Waste Management official said the company, which has several facilities in the Levittown area, ran into issues with staffing, equipment, and oppressively hot and humid weather over the course of the summer.
“This has just come together for a rough two weeks,” Ramos said.
Recent 100-degree temperatures prevented some Waste Management crews from being able to make it through some days.
Bristol Township is Waste Management’s largest municipal customer in the area, Ramos said.
Due to the importance of Bristol Township to Waste Management’s local business, Ramos said Waste Management is working to make sure the service is acceptable.
“We will pull all the resources we have to make sure we’re covering your town and making all your residents are relatively happy,” he stated.
Ramos told township council he appreciated township staffer Joan Lamina and Township Manager Randee Elton alerting Waste Management to residents’ issues as they were reported.
Waste Management spent time last week cleaning up a hydraulic oil spill in the Blue Ridge neighborhood.
Bristol Township Council President Craig Bowen said they appreciated Waste Management’s cleanup efforts.
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