# Current situation with garbage collection **URL:** \ **Category:** Node Operators\ **Tags:** garbage-collector, storagenode\ **Created:** [April 2, 2024, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/current-situation-with-garbage-collection/25711 "2024-04-02T16:47:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 155
**Author:** ![elek](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/elek/32/9189_2.png) [@elek](https://forum.storj.io/u/elek)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2024, 10:56am UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/current-situation-with-garbage-collection/25711/155 "2024-04-13T10:56:56Z")
> [@jammerdan](#): > > But why have nested date folders? Nested date folders in trash makes it very easy to purge old trash data. You don’t need to check each trash files on by one for the deletion time (which is the creation date of the trashed file). You can just delete folders which are old enough… Not a primary goal, but it also makes it easier to debug what happened… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.storj.io/t/current-situation-with-garbage-collection/25711)._