An image of two garbage collectors. One in the foreground is walking towards the garbage truck while pulling a yellow recycling bin. Another garbage collector is in the back of the truck with their hands raised in a friendly way. The words of the meme are “THERE’S NO OFFICIAL TRAINING FOR GARBAGE COLLECTORS. THEY HAVE TO PICK IT UP AS THEY GO ALONG”

  • Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 days ago

    Are there still municipalities that haven’t automated the container pick up part of it? Those trucks have the added benefit of having cameras track what is dumped at each address.

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        2 days ago

        It’s mostly for recycling since garbage is bagged. In my town you’ll get a notice of you recycle things that clog the sorters.

        There was more checks when it was by hand. They’d slap on a sticker and refuse pick up. I prefer the nasty gram.

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          Recycling is cool and all but pretty much all the plastic that goes in those bins ends up in the ocean or landfill

          Instead there should be a glass bin, an organics bin, and a landfill bin

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            2 days ago

            Getting off topic here but metals and paper too. We don’t have organics bins here. Only in the past few years has a third party service become available.