Strike affects Bay garbage collection

Update, April 22: BFI workers will return to work this week and resume regular Tuesday trash/recycle collection.

Update: According to city officials via a Nixle message on April 19, BFI trucks have completed trash pickup with the exception of some streets in the eastern section of Bay Village. There is no information on recycling collection and residents are asked to bring in their green recycling cans from the curb.

The city of Bay Village alerted residents via Nixle messages that the BFI/Teamsters strike has continued into Tuesday, the regular trash pick-up day for Bay. According to the message, city staff will pick up yard waste beginning on Tuesday, April 16, and BFI non-union employees will pick up trash only (no recycling) on Wednesday, April 17. Residents are asked to hold their recycling until further notice.