Metro Disposal Archives

More Equipment, Labor & Temporary Transfer Station Will Immediately Address Trash Issues; Citizens Should Expect Relief Starting Friday

September 21, 2021

Representatives of the city's two major trash collection contractors Richards Disposal and Metro Services said Tuesday that citizens can expect accelerated pick-up of household garbage to begin within the next few days. According to testimony at Tuesday's City Council Public Works Committee meeting, creative solutions and new sources of labor and equipment are […]

Trash Relief Should Begin Wednesday With Arrival of Ceres Environmental

September 15, 2021

City officials said today that residents should see a greater volume of debris from Hurricane Ida being removed from their neighborhood streets beginning Wednesday, September 15, and continuing through next week at the very least. Only about 5% of the 54,000 tons of debris left behind from Hurricane Ida has been picked up to date. […]

It Has Been 26 Days Since the Recycling in Bayou St. John Has Been Picked Up

April 14, 2021

Everyone knows that Metro Disposal is trash. This was made clear last year when they fired all of their employees who went on strike to protest the company's low pay and unsafe working conditions, replacing them with incarcerated workers. The incarcerated workers, who they dubbed "transitional labor" were paid $1.33 an hour, were subjected to […]

As Still Perkin’ Enters Second Week of Strikes, NOLA Labor Issues Gain National Spotlight

May 24, 2020

Baristas and staff at Still Perkin’ have entered their second week of strikes as local labor efforts continue to build momentum and garner national attention. According to a press release by the New Orleans Hospitality Workers Alliance, on May 13, five employees presented the conditions upon which they would agree to return to work. The […]

Metro Disposal Fires Sanitation Workers, Uses Prison Labor, as the City is Silent

May 13, 2020

Last week, Big Easy Magazine reported on the sanitation truck workers on strike in Gentilly, protesting their abysmal pay and safety conditions. Four days ago, WWLTV reported that all of the striking workers were fired. Now, according to Payday Report, a Chattanooga-based cooperative, the workers were replaced by “transitional labor” – namely, incarcerated workers who […]

“Trucks don’t roll. We are not moving.” Gentilly Sanitation Workers Announce Strike

May 5, 2020

“Trucks don’t roll. We are not moving,” Gregory Woods, a sanitation worker, told WDSU today, as local sanitation workers announced a strike. In the early morning of May 5, these sanitation workers, known as “hoppers,” lined up in front of the Metro Service Group (“Metro Disposal”) disposal facility on Old Gentilly Road, picketing their workplace. […]

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Trash Relief Should Begin Wednesday With Arrival of Ceres Environmental

It Has Been 26 Days Since the Recycling in Bayou St. John Has Been Picked Up

“Trucks don’t roll. We are not moving.” Gentilly Sanitation Workers Announce Strike