Trash Can Distribution Delayed In Cleveland Heights

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OH — Due to supply chain issues, the switch to automated trash collection has been delayed in Cleveland Heights.

Currently, residents cannot place their garbage into cans and leave those cans at the curb. Instead, residents must bag their trash and leave the bags at the curb for collection. This leaves the bags vulnerable overnight to animals and weather, frequently allowing trash to blow into streets, lawns or surrounding woods.

The switch to automated trash collection, and the use of trash cans, was meant to fix that. However, residents will have to wait until 2022 to make the switch.

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Collette Clinkscale, director of public works for the city, said supply chain issues have delayed the switchover. Residents will now not receive their new trash cans in October, as originally planned. The switch to automated collection will also be delayed and will not start in December.

Instead, the plan is to institute automated trash collection in spring 2022, Clinkscale said.