HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Kelvin Wagner said he's had the same curbside trash bin at his home since he moved into his neighborhood in 2017.

When the bin started falling apart about six months ago, he says he knew it was time for a new one.

Wagner was at one of the City of Houston Solid Waste Department's pick-up locations last Friday to get a replacement trash can in person.

"I've been trying to be patient, but I'm glad the mayor finally made a decision to give us an opportunity to come and pick up our home cans to alleviate the problem of the backup," Wagner said. "It just got real smelly, really dilapidated, and the wheel started coming off of it. And me being disabled, I wasn't able to actually get it out there like I needed to, so I called and called and called 311."

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