Republic Services and Teamsters Local 25 reached a deal Friday to end a trash strike that disrupted service for hundreds of thousands of customers across the Boston area for weeks.

In a joint statement on Friday, the company and the union announced they had reached a five-year collective bargaining agreement.

The strike began at the beginning of July, leading to overflowing trash across more than a dozen communities — mostly on the North Shore — and calls for residents to follow adjusted schedules. Commercial clients in Boston and other nearby cities were also impacted.

The agreement followed weeks of tense negotiations involving federal mediators and legal battles over alleged unlawful and violent conduct by striking workers.

Kurt Lavery, Market Vice President for Republic Se

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