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ECUA Further Delays Some Pick Ups, Cancels North Escambia Collections
January 23, 2025
(UPDATED — New info at bottom of story)
ECUA has updated their collection schedule based upon winter conditions, and that means no pick up this week for some locations.
Sanitation collection services will resume on Friday, January 24. Due to the impact of the recent winter weather, road conditions, and limited landfill operations, collection schedules have been adjusted as follows:
- Wednesday collections will resume on Friday.
- Thursday collections will take place on Saturday.
- Friday collections will take place on Sunday.
- Monday’s and Tuesday’s collections will resume as normal next week. Tuesday’s North Escambia route (pictured in yellow below), which covers the northern park of the count, was deferred for safety reasons until next week as many roads in the northern portion of the county may still be impassable.
UPDATE: Here is more information from Bruce Woody, ECUA executive director on why these decisions were made:
Sanitation staff are advised to report to work on Friday, January 24, 2025, as scheduled. Sanitation will run Wednesday’s route on Friday, Thursday’s route on Saturday, and Friday’s route on Sunday. That also means that there will not be a collection of the Tuesday route this week. This was a difficult decision, but was influenced by the following:
- The Perdido Landfill will be closed on Thursday. The city of Pensacola trash collection will also not run on Thursday. Republic services will also not be operating (commercial operations).
- The Perdido Landfill is being very helpful by opening up on Sunday for the ECUA for a full day’s operation so we can collect our Friday route.
- Tuesday is our largest and longest route day. This is mainly because on Tuesday we pick up in the north part of the county, all the way up to the Alabama state line. These rural roads will be even more difficult negotiate, as many of the side roads receive less traffic. Many are also not paved and will thaw more slowly. If we were to alter our route schedule and put it at the end of our schedule to allow more time for snow and ice to melt, then we wouldn’t get it until Monday, and that is the day before we would normally be picking up on Tuesday.
- On Monday we pick up on Pensacola Beach and need staff for that route, making Monday a difficult day to double up by also picking up a full day route.
Pictured: ECUA cans await pickup on Tuesday on North Highway 99 in Bratt. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.
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21 Responses to “ECUA Further Delays Some Pick Ups, Cancels North Escambia Collections”
Our trash pick up is Tuesday. Due to the storm, we did not receive a pick up. Now we must wait for a pick up on yhe next Tuesday. Fine. But when i called ECUA for a refund on the next bill for the week of no service, i was told I was not entitled to a refund. I protested and am having to pay for service I didn’t receive. They really have a monopoly.
I think ECUA does a great job with what they have. God bless them. People complain about the silliest things not realizing the circumstances. Thank God we have this service to begin with. Be thankful and grateful. We are blessed.
Thank you to all the men and women providing this service to all of us. These are unprecedented circumstances and we should all appreciate the efforts being taken to limit the inconveniences as much as they have been.
They smashed my garbage can and put it on the other side of my mailbox away from the good one. The lid and body are tore up. I guess I will call them Monday. Wonder how long it will take them to replace it.
1. ECUA might love to have more drivers. Check on it. Then maybe some of you will understand all the delays and concerns. Or just maybe, if you’re employed there, you can give suggestions on how to do things differently.
2. Some of you could burn your trash instead of just sitting and complaining.
Signed: all for proactiveness
Maybe it’s a good thing that I don’t have to pick up, lift up and turn over my trash can. I do believe my driver is angry every Tuesday during trash pick up, because every can on Molino Rd is turned over on the ground on both sides of the road. Take your time and sit the can down man, it only takes a second. You can tell when he’s having a bad day. Very few good days in his life, where the can is in it’s upright state.
Delayed garbage pick up is nothing to throw a fit over. There are other solutions until pick up is available. Glad ECUA put the safety of their employees first when roads were considered impassable. Praying for patience and understanding.
I understand that the weather has caused some delays. I am a Tuesday customer. My can was missed last week. Weather was bad this week. And I won’t get my trash dumped until next Tuesday? I do know that you can’t control the weather. But neither can we. I think our bill should reflect that we didn’t get service. We understand that it was done for safety. But bottom line. We did not get the service. So why should we have to pay for something we did not get? Everything is so expensive now. And families have had to use more heat than normal. Be it electric or LP. They are stretched this month just to keep heat in their homes. So let them keep the money from not getting service. Fair is fair. My husband and I are on a fixed income. Every penny counts.
We should delay paying for a week
I agree that safety is paramount and have no issues delaying runs for safety. But Mr. Bruce Woody, you didn’t tell us anything we didn’t already know or could figure out. What you should be telling us is how are you going to.make it right for those of us effected by your decision? Going 2 weeks without service, we are going to need a double run next week at minimal so that we can have all our garbage collected. You sound like a typical politician and don’t provide a solution to a problem. If you are not capable of leading, maybe you should step down and allow someone else to direct.
Somebody HAS to be last. I wish everyone would grow up and look at the whole picture and both sides. Glad they are putting safety first. I pray the drivers and pedestrians are very careful and safe out there. Going needs to be as slow as necessary to be as safe as possible. It is as cold as a refigeratof out there most of the day, so the trash odor should be minimal. Not even as bad as when on a regular pickup day.
This is probably the only time in my lifetime that I will see this much snow in Molino, FL..
The beauty God has provided outlays my week delay.
Stay safe out there.
For those of you with full trash cans are you able to talk to a neighbor to see if they can allow you to put your next bag in theirs? That’s what I did. The lady across the street from me lives alone and she didn’t have an issue with me using hers. There are still some good folks out there even the ones who normally suck the entire year typically helps out during storms and times like these. Ask and see what happens
I don’t mind a safety delay but I am getting tired of the weekly delay. The failure to pick up. Failure to swap my small bin for large. My recycle bin is full. They haven’t picked it up in two weeks! I call ECUADOR and am told they will notate and arrange for swap of can. That they failed to collect recycle bin and I get told be patient they are still completing routs. Well it is still full! It took a month to get first pick up and 7 weeks to have a second bin deliver. I requested two extra bins. Still waiting for that second one.
Weather holidays not withstanding why is my garbage pickup service so shoddy?
Gobble, call ecua, I and.most.of.my.street did so and got a second regular can.
Bills for sanitation service should be adjusted down by 25 percent on the next bill to reflect no collection.
@Gobble, if you find yourself in this situation again. Maybe find a way to store your food outside were animals couldn’t get to it (Maybe in your car, or shed, etc.) Its been cold enough all day. Maybe even pack some snow around the grocery items and maybe that will buy you some time get your refrigerator repaired of replaced.
Ok, I will hardly EVER defend ECUA, however, I will say the driving conditions are dangerous. I would not want anyone on the road that does not absolutely have to be. The time to call for your extra can was when this first came about (months ago, maybe even a year) so that one is on you. We are all inconvenienced by what this historic weather has brought to us, but try to put on your big boy/girl pants and deal with this for a few days. And yes , in the north end we get pushed to next week, but that is just how it has to be for them to catch up. They ARE working Saturday and Sunday.
It’s trash, with the colder temps, it really shouldn’t be stinking if it’s out in these temperatures right now.
As far as a second can, I think you have to attempt to call for one, it’s not automatic.
Go outside and chill!
What ever happened to all customers were to get 2 cans? I know we got a price hike and that was justified by cutomers were to get cans. I still only have 1. I agree with Trash is full NOW, We had a refridgerator decide it was a good idea to quit working in this weather mess and now I have a full of FOOD trash can, that will smell lovely by next Tuesday with the rising temps. Do we need to call to make them bring us our extra can?
I can understand the reason for not picking up garage for Safety concerns, but why are Monday and Tuesdays pickups pushed to next week customers garage cans are FULL NOW and will be overflowing by next week. Can we get at least an extra pickup scheduled for next week. LIke next Saturday and Sunday or give us (your) customers a refund for NO service this week.