Terrill Haigler guides a metal cabinet toward a trash truck during a cleanup in April 2021. - ELIZABETH ROBERTSON/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS
Terrill “Ya Fav Trashman” Haigler, who worked for 14 months during the height of the pandemic as a Philadelphia sanitation worker, spent much of his tenure pointing out to the media and city officials the neighborhoods where garbage was piling up in the streets. With a website and outreach to local news outlets, Haigler shone a spotlight on mounds of trash and the plight of garbage workers. He partnered with local elected officials and gathered an army of volunteers for cleanup. He also raised more than $30,000 to buy personal protective equipment for workers. In Philadelphia and across the na...
