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Cities across the United States are struggling to keep up with garbage collections as COVID-19 sidelines many sanitation workers.

Some cities are so shorthanded they have temporarily stopped collecting things like recyclables or oversized junk to focus on the grosser, smellier stuff.

Its creating problems such as clogged storm drains and blocked sidewalks.

Its creating problems such as clogged storm drains and blocked sidewalks.

The omicron variant is sickening so many sanitation workers around the U.S. that some cities have had to delay or suspend garbage and recycling pickups.

Cities including Atlanta, Nashville and Louisville are so shorthanded they have temporarily stopped collecting recyclables and oversized junk to focus on grosser, smellier stuff

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The omicron variant is sickening so many sanitation workers around the U.S. that some cities have had to delay or suspend garbage or recycling pickup.

Some cities are so shorthanded they have temporarily stopped collecting things like recyclables or oversized junk to focus on the grosser, smellier stuff.

The omicron variant is sickening so many sanitation workers around the U.S. that some cities have had to delay or suspend garbage or recycling pickup, angering residents shocked that governments can't perform this most basic of functions.

The omicron variant is sickening so many sanitation workers around the U.S. that some cities have had to delay or suspend garbage and recycling pickup, angering...