San Antonio has one of nation's highest numbers of 311 calls about garbage problems

Whether it's roadside litter, bottles floating in the San Antonio River or refuse strewn along alleyways, it's apparent that San Antonio has a trash problem. Perhaps then it should be no surprise that Alamo City residents are the seventh most likely in the nation to call 311 — the city's non-emergency response number — to complain about trash, according to a new report from air purifier company House Fresh. To compile the list, researchers analyzed 12.3 million sanitation-related complaints to 311 over the past year across U.S. cities with populations greater than 250,000.