What happens when members of the Upper Darby sanitation division come down with the coronavirus? If you’re Upper Darby mayor Barbarann Keffer, you have to make a difficult decision.
"We’ve made the joint decision to quarantine the entire sanitation division for two weeks starting immediately and going through August 21," she announced Friday.
Regular pickup will resume on August 24.
For Upper Darby resident Joe Moore, that answered the question of what happened to his trash.
"My wife said they didn’t pick it up on Friday," he mused.
While the mayor said they’ve begun to formulate a contingency plan, resident Dorothy Powell foresees possible issues.
"I really don’t have that much trash right now, but come Tuesday when it’s time to pick it up again, I’ll have more," she said. "I have three trash cans in the garage, so I’ll have to fill it all up. There’s not going to be anywhere really to put it unless you put it in dumpsters or something like that."
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Resident Roxanna Purifoy is concerned about the sanitation workers risking their health to pick up trash, as well as the health of the community while those sanitation workers undergo two weeks of quarantine.
"Sorry for what has happened to them but they’re really sacrificing their time and energy," she said. "We hope and pray that the virus doesn’t spread any further...because you don’t want all these rats and roaches around."
Moore said he planned to store the trash along the side of his house until workers can get back on the job.
"They usually pick up twice a week, so in a week, it might not be that good," he posited.