BLANCHARD, Oklahoma -
A family of five has been living with trash piling up around
them since their waste removal company has missed picking it up for several
weeks in the last six months. Now they are facing a backlog of trash each time
the dumpster is emptied, with the trash that could not fit in the dumpster filling
it back up.
Aimee
Hazel said the waste company GGM has not lived up to their claims. She said the
family spends anywhere from $50 to $60 each month to have the family's trash
picked up.
"It
was in my back hallway, outside of my house and overflowing at the dumpster," she
explained. "They gave us an excuse last week that they rolled one of their
trash trucks. Well they told us that Monday, they said the rolled it Thursday,
but our trash was already two weeks late!"
Hazel
added GGM told her not to put trash around the dumpster, so she has been saving
room to make sure any garbage that goes bad fits inside it. That leaves bags of
other trash, like broken toys and ruined clothes, piling up in the house and
she wants it gone.
Hazel
said she and her neighbor both have had problems with the company and it takes
dozens of called to get through to anyone.
"No
one will give you that answer," Hazel said. "If you call them they don't ever
give you any details. The lady at the office always says she'll call you back,
she never does and then now it's being forwarded to a different phone number."
News 9
tried contacting the GGM on Thursday but the calls went to voicemail. Nobody
returned the calls by the end of the day.
Hazel
is frustrated. And even though her dumpster was finally emptied on Monday, the
extra trash has already filled it up.
"My
dumpster has got room for maybe a couple more sacks and it's going to be stuck
somewhere in my property until they decide to come."
She
explained because the family of five goes through about one trash bag per day,
it will keep backing up until the GGM agrees to take everything at once.
