A federal mediator was scheduled to meet with members of the Teamsters Local 25 and the trash company providing garbage services in more than a dozen Bay State cities and towns on Tuesday.

Negotiations between Republic Services and Teamsters broke down late last week. Talks are set to resume Tuesday, but the impacts of the trash strike are growing more pronounced.

A total of about 450 Republic Services workers represented by the Teamsters union in the Boston area have been on strike since July 1, but the work stoppage has spread to Southern California and now i

Union workers in some Los Angeles County cities are honoring a strike in Boston by not crossing the picket line, leaving trash in bins along the sides of local streets.

Republic Services sanitation workers are honoring picket lines in solidarity with striking workers in Boston. In the meantime, some cities are offering trash drop-off sites.

Chula Vista residents handle trash disposal themselves as sanitation workers continue strike affecting 283,000 people

Republic Services trash and recycling collectors have been on strike since July 1 in several Massachusetts towns. Trash is piling up and negotiations have stalled after failed talks with federal mediators.

With sanitation workers still on strike in some Massachusetts communities, trash is piling up outside businesses and homes.