A free garbage drop-off location in Bellevue provided some relief for customers who haven't had their trash collected for days as a labor dispute drags on.

Garbage is piling up in neighborhoods across King and Snohomish counties while a stinky dispute unfolds between waste collection company Republic Services and its workers.

LACEY, Wash. — Waste management workers in Washington state joined a multi-state strike against Republic Services, one of the country's largest sanitation companies, disrupting garbage collection across multiple cities including Lynnwood, Bellevue, and Kent.

Lynnfield, North Reading, and Wakefield have notified Republic Services that it is failing to meet contractual obligations as a Teamsters union strike against the waste management company reaches two weeks.