NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA - Trash, plus heat equals a recipe for disaster.It’s an issue many people across Philadelphia are dealing with.Trash pickup along 63rd and Greenway in Southwest Philadelphia is late in the week, but it’s Monday and the garbage, rotting in the sun and drawing flies, sits.“When is trash day here?” asked FOX 29’s Jeff Cole.“It’s Thursday!” exclaimed Sarah Freedman.“Thursday’s trash day?” asked Cole.Advertisement“And, it’s Monday.
Nobody came and that’s not right,” Freedman remarked.Ripped trash bags line the sidewalk and litter clutters the street.Willie Simon, struggling with asthma, says the trash is a banquet for varmints.“Nasty.