A few Bay Area communities are starting to see trash picked up again after sanitation workers went on strike last week. Workers for Republic Services stopped collecting trash as part of a contract fight between the union and company,

As garbage continues to accumulate across roughly two dozen Bay Area cities impacted by a nationwide Teamsters strike, Republic Services has begun deploying "substitute drivers" in a limited effort to restore trash collection services.

As the nationwide garbage standoff between Teamsters union members and Republic Services continues, some Bay Area cities are resorting to temporary drop-off sites this weekend to appease residents’ concerns about mounting trash.