Oron, all of us live with (and in many ways enjoy) New Haven's background soundtrack. But after-hours commercial trash hauling is against the law and is not an emergency service like fire or police, and for any working person who lives adjacent to bins it can be a real quality of life issue... The Department of Public Works, which has thousands of pickups, manages to do residential pickups during daytime hours. It is only a handful of commercial haulers who flaunt the law. They do it so they can squeeze more pickups into their overnight New Haven shifts even though they know the ordinance limits residential-zone pickups to daytime. There is no reason we should live with this abuse of neighbors and trash workers alike.

Bravo complainant! And shame on passive sloth. There's considerable room for improvement in East rock especially concerning noise pollution. East Rock remains the last outpost of New Havens residential preserve and we should all work to improve its environmental quality of life which is all too easily destroyed by the careless, the self-interested and the greedy!

This is a clear violation of a New Haven law.
And clearly the companies fear nothing from City Hall.

If you talk to the drivers of the trucks making all this noise, they'll tell you--often very politely--that they're only following orders. The companies know City Hall will do nothing to enforce this law. Their drivers may have to get yelled at by angry people awakened for nothing; what do the business owners care?

Are there hefty campaign contributions on the line here? What else would prevent City Hall from slapping a hefty fine on companies displaying such cynical disregard for New Haven citizens?

Meantime, property owners have the option of boycotting All American Waste. There are plenty of reliable, law-abiding haulers to choose from And, BTW, where is our local representative in all this?

1+ to Oron.

This isn't the suburbs. I've been woken by trash collectors for years. Never felt compelled to cry about it.

With a large percentage of this city's residents living below the poverty line, there are far more deserving targets for the city's attention.

If you crave quiet, pay more and live someplace quiet. Or just learn to adjust to living in a noisy city.

If noise pollution doesn't bother you,, fine! Some people are desensitised in all manner of ways. But perhaps you might like to consider the physical and emotional health of the children?

All American Waste has a social media presence - air your thoughts (about noise pollution) on their FB page.

When All American Waste comes tomorrow morning, write down the plate and email your alderman with the time and plate and ask them to have the police enforce and for them to tell Public Works, too. Only if enough people complain to their aldermen/police will they enforce anything and we can sleep. Don't talk to the drivers, though, because in my experience they harass you and get aggressive.

City of New Haven garbage trucks are also regularly in the Bishop/Edwards area before 6:30am. It would be great if the city started by policing itself.

Stating it's a noise ordinance violation does not make it so. If you choose to live in an area where both private and city garbage trucks have routes, what do you expect. Move to the suburbs where it's a once-a-week inconvenience at 5 or 6am and no Clickfix to complain to. #1stworldproblem