Ah right, thanks. Meaning there are no files older than 7 days, as expected.
Garbage collection runs once a day and deletes everything older than 7 days. After that the oldest files are 6.x days old. Until the next run some files will get older than 7 days, but not older than 8 days.
Confirmed files are no older than 8 days after looking at specific files in the folders.
However it seems unusual to have 270~ + GBâs in trash.
Checked this morning and itâs down to 190~GB
So, what is your question? Everything is answered above.
See littleskunks statement⌠garbage collection is plan b. If node is online (which it is 100%) the deletes will happen immediately. So there is something wrong with large amounts of trash being left over like thisâŚ
Is there an answer to the question of how to or if it is possible to clean up the trash directory? I have 35GB of trash and would like to remove it if is not needed and I am not being paid for having it. 
It should be removed automatically after 7 days. So - just wait for a week.
Thx again @Alexey, once again you were correct. I was originally skeptical because the trash went up to almost double (~60GB). However, over the past few days itâs has gone down quite rapidly and as I type right now it is at ~26GB. 
You should not touch the trash folder. You doesnât have files older than 7 days. After 7 days files got removed automatically.
Regarding ERROR collector unable to delete piece
Error getting current used space - related either to slow disk or corrupted databases. To check databases you can use this guide: https://support.storj.io/hc/en-us/articles/360029309111-How-to-fix-a-database-disk-image-is-malformed-
Error from the current thread has this solution:
I can see only 19 errors on your screenshot, where 10 - is connectivity problem (perhaps your external IP got changed and your DDNS hostname was not updated in time), all others perhaps âfile not foundâ.
2022-04-22T15:51:06.161Z ERROR piecestore download failed {âPiece IDâ: âXY2XYFK7XL4JCOWIVFYFN4YRWTAUKDB63S2U66EORXZQNFBUGOKQâ, âSatellite IDâ: â12L9ZFwhzVpuEKMUNUqkaTLGzwY9G24tbiigLiXpmZWKwmcNDDsâ, âActionâ: âGETâ, âerrorâ: âcontext deadline exceededâ, âerrorVerboseâ: âcontext deadline exceeded\n\tstorj.io/common/rpc/rpcstatus.Wrap:73\n\tstorj.io/storj/storagenode/piecestore.(*Endpoint).Download.func6:668\n\tstorj.io/storj/storagenode/piecestore.(*Endpoint).Download:686\n\tstorj.io/common/pb.DRPCPiecestoreDescription.Method.func2:228\n\tstorj.io/drpc/drpcmux.(*Mux).HandleRPC:33\n\tstorj.io/common/rpc/rpctracing.(*Handler).HandleRPC:58\n\tstorj.io/drpc/drpcserver.(*Server).handleRPC:122\n\tstorj.io/drpc/drpcserver.(*Server).ServeOne:66\n\tstorj.io/drpc/drpcserver.(*Server).Serve.func2:112\n\tstorj.io/drpc/drpcctx.(*Tracker).track:52â}
2022-04-22T21:22:15.743Z ERROR piecestore upload failed {âPiece IDâ: âGMNWG5YWYQU26BK4GDGWWLAW66HJPLFZ3G3ZZC6W5HPVLYOCE6LQâ, âSatellite IDâ: â12L9ZFwhzVpuEKMUNUqkaTLGzwY9G24tbiigLiXpmZWKwmcNDDsâ, âActionâ: âPUTâ, âerrorâ: âunexpected EOFâ, âerrorVerboseâ: âunexpected EOF\n\tstorj.io/common/rpc/rpcstatus.Error:82\n\tstorj.io/storj/storagenode/piecestore.(*Endpoint).Upload:347\n\tstorj.io/common/pb.DRPCPiecestoreDescription.Method.func1:220\n\tstorj.io/drpc/drpcmux.(*Mux).HandleRPC:33\n\tstorj.io/common/rpc/rpctracing.(*Handler).HandleRPC:58\n\tstorj.io/drpc/drpcserver.(*Server).handleRPC:122\n\tstorj.io/drpc/drpcserver.(*Server).ServeOne:66\n\tstorj.io/drpc/drpcserver.(*Server).Serve.func2:112\n\tstorj.io/drpc/drpcctx.(*Tracker).track:52â, âSizeâ: 65536}
2022-04-22T21:22:21.298Z ERROR piecestore download failed {âPiece IDâ: âDKIJ6Q5VLLO3BSTI5AS7EZHZSM3XMCFZOAVTV2IOHBBNX64LM5BQâ, âSatellite IDâ: â12EayRS2V1kEsWESU9QMRseFhdxYxKicsiFmxrsLZHeLUtdps3Sâ, âActionâ: âGETâ, âerrorâ: âwrite tcp 172.17.0.7:28967->135.148.54.71:44284: use of closed network connectionâ, âerrorVerboseâ: âwrite tcp 172.17.0.7:28967->135.148.54.71:44284: use of closed network connection\n\tstorj.io/drpc/drpcstream.(*Stream).rawWriteLocked:322\n\tstorj.io/drpc/drpcstream.(*Stream).MsgSend:400\n\tstorj.io/common/pb.(*drpcPiecestore_DownloadStream).Send:317\n\tstorj.io/storj/storagenode/piecestore.(*Endpoint).Download.func5.1:620\n\tstorj.io/common/rpc/rpctimeout.Run.func1:22â}
2022-04-22T21:44:06.105Z ERROR piecestore download failed {âPiece IDâ: âDKIJ6Q5VLLO3BSTI5AS7EZHZSM3XMCFZOAVTV2IOHBBNX64LM5BQâ, âSatellite IDâ: â12EayRS2V1kEsWESU9QMRseFhdxYxKicsiFmxrsLZHeLUtdps3Sâ, âActionâ: âGETâ, âerrorâ: âwrite tcp 172.17.0.7:28967->135.148.54.52:34562: use of closed network connectionâ, âerrorVerboseâ: âwrite tcp 172.17.0.7:28967->135.148.54.52:34562: use of closed network connection\n\tstorj.io/drpc/drpcstream.(*Stream).rawWriteLocked:322\n\tstorj.io/drpc/drpcstream.(*Stream).MsgSend:400\n\tstorj.io/common/pb.(*drpcPiecestore_DownloadStream).Send:317\n\tstorj.io/storj/storagenode/piecestore.(*Endpoint).Download.func5.1:620\n\tstorj.io/common/rpc/rpctimeout.Run.func1:22â}
2022-04-22T22:32:58.487Z ERROR piecestore download failed {âPiece IDâ: âDX3IHFFLLD2HZZ4TBDAMRGSJ3AW7DQCYKGROE7L3JTKYXNE4O62Aâ, âSatellite IDâ: â12EayRS2V1kEsWESU9QMRseFhdxYxKicsiFmxrsLZHeLUtdps3Sâ, âActionâ: âGETâ, âerrorâ: âwrite tcp 172.17.0.7:28967->135.148.54.52:51736: use of closed network connectionâ, âerrorVerboseâ: âwrite tcp 172.17.0.7:28967->135.148.54.52:51736: use of closed network connection\n\tstorj.io/drpc/drpcstream.(*Stream).rawWriteLocked:322\n\tstorj.io/drpc/drpcstream.(*Stream).MsgSend:400\n\tstorj.io/common/pb.(*drpcPiecestore_DownloadStream).Send:317\n\tstorj.io/storj/storagenode/piecestore.(*Endpoint).Download.func5.1:620\n\tstorj.io/common/rpc/rpctimeout.Run.func1:22â}
2022-04-22T22:33:31.939Z ERROR piecestore download failed {âPiece IDâ: âDX3IHFFLLD2HZZ4TBDAMRGSJ3AW7DQCYKGROE7L3JTKYXNE4O62Aâ, âSatellite IDâ: â12EayRS2V1kEsWESU9QMRseFhdxYxKicsiFmxrsLZHeLUtdps3Sâ, âActionâ: âGETâ, âerrorâ: âwrite tcp 172.17.0.7:28967->135.148.54.71:39988: use of closed network connectionâ, âerrorVerboseâ: âwrite tcp 172.17.0.7:28967->135.148.54.71:39988: use of closed network connection\n\tstorj.io/drpc/drpcstream.(*Stream).rawWriteLocked:322\n\tstorj.io/drpc/drpcstream.(*Stream).MsgSend:400\n\tstorj.io/common/pb.(*drpcPiecestore_DownloadStream).Send:317\n\tstorj.io/storj/storagenode/piecestore.(*Endpoint).Download.func5.1:620\n\tstorj.io/common/rpc/rpctimeout.Run.func1:22â}
2022-04-23T05:29:36.349Z ERROR piecestore download failed {âPiece IDâ: âAO4MSRBRMMI3QC5CFMIFMCVNUWGQ23G2SIY7NFVXEDEHCGXLFSLAâ, âSatellite IDâ: â12EayRS2V1kEsWESU9QMRseFhdxYxKicsiFmxrsLZHeLUtdps3Sâ, âActionâ: âGETâ, âerrorâ: âwrite tcp 172.17.0.7:28967->143.198.44.54:37738: use of closed network connectionâ, âerrorVerboseâ: âwrite tcp 172.17.0.7:28967->143.198.44.54:37738: use of closed network connection\n\tstorj.io/drpc/drpcstream.(*Stream).rawWriteLocked:322\n\tstorj.io/drpc/drpcstream.(*Stream).MsgSend:400\n\tstorj.io/common/pb.(*drpcPiecestore_DownloadStream).Send:317\n\tstorj.io/storj/storagenode/piecestore.(*Endpoint).Download.func5.1:620\n\tstorj.io/common/rpc/rpctimeout.Run.func1:22â}
thats the Errors i find
These are âcontext canceledâ errors - your node was too slow and the customer canceled upload (âPUTâ) or download (âGETâ).
You actually need to check only for errors from the topic. However, they should disappear after a while, when all such missing pieces will be deleted by storagenode from the trash.
You do not need to fix anything unless these errors will appear longer than a week.