Town of Swampscott PLUS

Pine St. is experiencing a rodent problem. The rodents feed/thrive on poor trash management. Rodents are in and out of the trash at 77 Pine St all the time. This pic was taken on Thursday, by Monday (trash day), the trash bags will be all over the ground. The landlord of these units is not supplying his tenants with overflow bags, or the tenants are not purchasing them themselves. The overflow bags could be placed in the 'old' barrels (seen on the left of the pic), thus keeping all trash bags in barrels with lids and out of reach of the rodents. Something needs to be done about this, or we'll never reduce the rodent/disease threat on this street filled with children.

Corner of Mudge, hillside and cherry. Weeds, trash and broken glass bottles.

Mor peopel are coming to litter section not being maintained by landlords or city.

Please help. Multiple rats have been seen because of this.

It appears an unintended/unforeseen consequence of Swampscott's new smaller trash barrel policy is the explosion of rodents on our street (and I assume other streets). A good 40% of residents on this street now put the overflow bags directly onto the sidewalk/street (much to the delight of the rodents).
So, here's the very real problem (of a street full of kids and rodents that carry disease).
What's the solution? Can the town mandate overflow bags be placed in barrels (with lids) that residents must provide? That would work, but unfortunately many have discarded the old barrels that were deemed 'too big.' Or does the town provide a second 'small' barrel and mandate overflow bags be placed in it?
This is a health/disease issue that cannot be ignored; something needs to be decided/done before the rodent explosion in the spring. I was only able to upload one picture, however I counted six overflow bags that were placed directly onto the ground and were clearly enjoyed by rats (and that was only half of the street). Please don't ignore this in the hopes it just solves itself. The rodent infestation on this street and the danger it causes to our children is a direct result of the town's decision to implement the new smaller trash barrel policy and not plan for the second and third order effects of it.

Someone dumped a large bag of trash on the sidewalk at the corner of Essex St and Hanley St.

Getting worse

Trash along Essex St across from Stop and Shop parking lot- flows from Swampscott to Salem- area is loaded with trash- papers- plastic- needs to be cleaned up - thank you

Tenant moved out did not empty trash barrel there are rodents and more trash being put there by people walking by.
Additionally the fridge and other items were left.
Tenants are also using a recycling bin for dog excrement bags.

Additionally there is broken lawn furniture scattered across the front of the house not pictured here.

Trash is accumulating on the sidewalk and curb but in this case the trash is dog waste The dog owners from 62 Shelton Road is not picking up their dog's waste. By allowing the dog to be off leash and without supervision, it is now pooping on sidewalks, curbs and propertiesd almost halfway down Shelton road towards HumphreyIt r is becoming a public health ise...

We need a special yard waste to pick up on Kings Beach Terrace due to the catastrophic flood on January 13 2024. These bags can't wait until April. Thank you!

There is a house at 5 Fuller Terrace that is a hazard. It's abandoned, in disrepair and full of trash. Rodents can be seen running in and out and it must be a fire hazard. A coyote was seen going inside as well.

A dresser was moved onto the sidewalk by the tenants at 14 Hillside Ave two weeks ago. It is now sitting there decaying on the sidewalk. This needs to be addressed.