Philly's 'Favorite Trashman' cleans up community
Sanitation worker Terrill Haigler spends weekdays combing the streets of Philadelphia and hurling waste into trash trucks. But even on a Saturday, the city’s favorite trashman had to get back to work.“You never can be off the job with Philadelphia,” said Haigler. The 31-year-old Northeast Philadelphia native was only a few months into his new job before the COVID-19 pandemic began.“It became way harder,” he said. Pick-up delays that irritated locals in 2020 are still recurring due to the pandemic. That’s why Haigler created the Instagram account, @_yafavtrashman, to help followers understand the job of sanitation workers and how they can help mitigate the issues they face. That’s part of the reason why ...
01.15.21 | 01:39 | CC