If your trash pick-up was late in Chesapeake, the sun may be to blame

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Some Chesapeake neighbors may have noticed their trash pick-up running behind schedule last week, and then carrying over into this week. Chesapeake city staff say daylight saving time could be partly to blame.

The City of Chesapeake Deputy Director of Public Communications told Chesapeake Neighborhood News Reporter Erin Holly that mechanical issues combined with the recent end of daylight saving time — which brought earlier nightfall — have reduced the number of daylight hours available for crews to complete their routine trash pick-up routes. Some neighbors noticed the delays.

“My wife just told me this morning that they will be late, and I asked her to see that, and she said on Facebook," Joel Castillo, a Chesapeake neighbor said.

“Pair mechanical issues with the sta