INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Trash collection in parts of the Russian city of Novosibirsk has collapsed as truck drivers continue with a strike over low pay and 20-hour
been confiscated over unpaid debts, according to local media reports.As garbage began to pile up, the striking drivers were given 22 smaller
overflowing garbage bins across Novosibirsk, which has a population of 1.5 million
Many local residents have expressed their outrage on social media, posting pictures of the piles of trash bags next to their
An government investigation in 2019 found that Ecologia Novosibirsk, the sister company and operator behind Eco-Trans-N, had been
underpaying their contracted logistics companies by up to 40 percent without giving a formal reason.Novosibirsk governor Andrey Travnikov
speculated Travnikov was reluctant to clamp down further on Eco-Trans-N and Ecologia Novosibirsk out of fear of their powerful owner
