The City of Watertown announced that for the first time in a month resident yard waste will be collected during the week of Aug. 4, as the five-week trash strike continues.

Republic Services, Watertown’s trash and recycling contractor, has been collecting trash and recycling since early July using replacement crews while Teamsters Local 25 went on strike on July 1. Until this week, however, yard waste has not been picked up.

The City of Watertown’s trash strike update on Aug. 1 announced the resumption of yard waste pickup:

“Yard waste curbside pickup will also resume next week. Please put your yard waste curbside on your regularly scheduled pickup day. Note that service is expected to resume with more delays than usual, and we appreciate everyone’s patience,” the announcement said.

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