Southeast Houston’s Edgebrook neighborhood has been dealing with mounds of trash littering the area for months, despite scheduled city pickup days.

UPGRADE!🚛 Houston rolls out 16 new recycling trucks as part of Mayor Whitmire’s plan to modernize the city’s waste collection fleet.

On the streets of Acres Homes, the signs of illegal dumping are impossible to ignore — piles of discarded furniture, bursting bags of rotting food, and clothing strewn across empty lots. For the residents who call this historic neighborhood home, it’s more than just an eyesore.

Houston’s trash problem is piling higher each day. Residents across the city continue reaching out to 2 Helps You, saying they aren’t getting their trash picked up and aren’t seeing relief.

As CVS continues to scale its brick-and-mortar presence—closing more than 900 stores nationwide over the past two years—some of the shuttered locations are now creating a new kind of headache for Houston-area communities.

If your trash is not being picked up, there are ways you can report it.

For the past two weeks, recycling delays have frustrated residents across the area. Many have been left wondering when their recycling cans would finally be emptied.

Sometimes we forget how close we are to nature; Buffalo Bayou is home to many species of birds, fish, and plants, but's also home to tons of trash.

A well-known dumping site near the intersection of Buffalo Speedway and Holmes Road has become a persistent issue for local officials.

Residents of Cloverleaf face safety concerns as a property overrun with trash and rats becomes a homeless encampment.

In light of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and two inclement weather days, the City of Houston's Solid Waste Management Department announced when it will be picking up everyone's trash this week.

Residents living near the intersection of Buffalo Speedway and Holmes Road are growing increasingly frustrated with the ongoing neglect of their neighborhood.

Patrick Cole reached out to KPRC 2's help desk saying he is fed up with the city’s response to what he claims is their own mistake.

Brandy Deason with Air Alliance Houston used AirTags to track her recyclables

"She reported to investigators being scared and admitted to throwing the deceased newborn in the trash"

A Houston apartment that has received several complaints from its residents has not only abandoned the property but has now filed for foreclosure, leaving residents in the dark once again.

If your trash is not being picked up since Hurricane Beryl or perhaps since before, there are ways you can report it.

Do you have a pressing issue and need prompt help? When our viewers reach out, we work tirelessly to get results. Here’s how we get answers and help when you contact us with your issues.

It’s a beloved Carnival season tradition in New Orleans — masked riders on lavish floats fling strings of beads or other trinkets to parade watchers.

A spokesperson for the Department of Neighborhoods tells KPRC 2 the property owner of the Arlington Place Apartments in southeast Houston is abandoning the complex.

Residents of a southeast Houston apartment complex are fed up with trash piling up, with seemingly nothing being done about it.

Workers from the City of Houston’s Waste Management Department were caught on camera throwing recycling bins in the garbage compactor and crushing them before driving away.

As the city of Houston faces a federal probe into its handling of illegal dumping in Black and Brown neighborhoods, residents in Sunnyside say they’ve seen no sign things are improving.

“I would like for them to pick up the trash and do it as they promise. Trash days are Wednesdays and Saturdays,” Brenda Taylor said.

Beer cans, plastic bottles, and boxes of garbage are all that’s left but memories of the Astros World Series championship parade.

Residents of a neighborhood in southwest Houston said a vacant lot has become a popular place for illegal dumping, despite their many calls to the city of Houston.

Go into any store right now to buy pretty much anything, and you’ll find literal tons of plastic packaging. Goods are shrink-wrapped, sealed and stored, all in plastic.

While we set aside one day a year to celebrate Earth Day and focus on ways each of us can protect our planet, there are things we can do every day that are simple and meaningful.

For many of us, plastic bags are a way to get our groceries, and anything else we buy, home from the store.

For a lot of people having a home with a view of Lake Houston sounds like a dream, but some who live on Bluff View Court in Crosby, say the water running behind their homes dampens the mood.

Residents at a medical center apartment complex are riled up about a garbage build up steps away from their homes.

Do you have junk waste or tree waste piling up in your front yard? The City of Houston says it may take longer for crews to pick it up.

The city of Houston said trash and debris that stretched down part of Mansfield Street near T C Jester Boulevard have been cleaned up.

Homeowners in additional neighborhoods cite problems with Texas Pride Disposal’s trash and recycling pick-up.

Customers complain Rosenberg-based trash and disposal company’s service has been consistently inconsistent.

Houston city council approved Tuesday an increase in fines for illegal dumping, the secretary’s office confirms.

HOUSTON – The city of Houston is working overtime to catch-up on the heaps of garbage, recycling and heavy trash sitting on curbs, as the winter storm that swept through this week halted service. “I have been talking directly to solid waste. Click here for the latest updates and pick-up schedule from Houston’s Solid Waste DepartmentResidents in the Ridgemont neighborhood, which is outside of Beltway 8 near Fuqua Street, reported problems with garbage collection on Friday. The neighborhood is filled with overflowing garbage and recycling bins, and plenty of heavy trash debris from damaged homes lining the curbs. There were also many apartment complexes in this high-density area of southwest Houston with overflowing dumpsters and trash strewn across parking lots.

HOUSTON – For decades, illegal dumping has been a challenge in Houston’s lower-income communities. AdRosen’s office has placed several examples of illegal dumping on their YouTube page. Fines and criminal charges for dumping, other public eyesoresThe criminal charges for illegal dumping can range from a misdemeanor to a felony, separate from fines. There also are many more eyesores than simply illegal dumping and the City of Houston issues fines for those as well. AdGarbage, rubbish and trashFines: 1st Offense $50 to $100, 2nd Offense $100 to $1,500, 3rd Offense $200 to $2,000.

HOUSTON – A group of neighbors has had enough of the illegal dumping plaguing their northeast Houston community. Residents say the dumping needs to stop. “For the amount of trash it was, I couldn’t believe that this was in my city,” Mosco said. Williams says the street needs cameras to catch the dumpers in action. KPRC 2 reached out to Davis, who represents the area, and the city of Houston but we have not heard back.