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Mountain Brook Leaf Pickup A Week Behind Schedule: Officials

Equipment failure has cut Waste Management's fleet of four leaf trucks in half. Though a third truck is expected back on Tuesday.

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Waste Management has been without two of its four leaf-pickup vehicles in Mountain Brook recently, and collections have fallen behind by more than a week. A third Waste Management leaf truck is expected back in service on Tuesday.
Waste Management has been without two of its four leaf-pickup vehicles in Mountain Brook recently, and collections have fallen behind by more than a week. A third Waste Management leaf truck is expected back in service on Tuesday. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

MOUNTAIN BROOK, AL —Waste Management's leaf pickup services in Mountain Brook are behind schedule due to equipment failure that has reduced the number of leaf-collection vehicles in half, the Mountain Brook Fire Department said Monday.

According to the fire department, Waste Management normally runs four leaf trucks. However, just two trucks have been operational, with a third expected back in service on Tuesday.

As a result, Waste Management is over a week behind on collections for the third round of service, officials said.

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