The City Beat is a free Monday newsletter bringing Concord’s biggest local stories and city updates straight to your inbox. Roughly 16 years after Concord instituted a pay-as-you-throw trash program, ...

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The national supply chain shortage has hit Plains Twp.’s familiar purple garbage bags. Township officials say its manufacturer informed them the bags won’t be available again until at least January.

Purple trash bags might start popping up on Tacoma’s Eastside in the next several weeks. The city is piloting a project that schedules regular trash pickup at a homeless encampment on a city-managed ...

TACOMA, Wash. — City leaders in Tacoma hope a new program will get rid of trash near homeless encampments. Over the next several weeks, purple trash bags will be dropped off at one encampment near a ...

PICKED UP: Beginning March 30, dozens of city of Asheville employees have distributed free purple trash bags to unhoused people. Beginning March 30, dozens of city of Asheville employees have ...

The City Beat is a free Monday newsletter bringing Concord’s biggest local stories and city updates straight to your inbox. Every week, Concord’s purple trash bags are placed at the end of driveways, ...