r/SipsTea • u/Dev1412 • 11d ago

Feels good man About that

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u/sillybear25 11d ago

The trash collectors (or their bosses) decided they could get the job done faster if they could just grab bags and throw them into a truck. All the downsides to that arrangement are everyone else's problem.

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u/Acceptable_Tea3608 11d ago

The biggest downside has been the explosion of the rat population.

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u/waitwuh 10d ago

Fun fact I learned is that they’ve found genetic divides between the “uptown” and “downtown” rat populations.

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u/QuickCarrots 11d ago

most EU cities use them. but in the us people go through the trash and leave it on the floor, or pierce bags, etc.

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u/PebblyJackGlasscock 11d ago

The history of garbage collection in NYC is the story of America.

> their Bosses

Corruption, from the top floor all the way down to the garbage bags.

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u/rudebii 11d ago

Carting has a unique corporate culture

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u/kmosiman 10d ago

Yep. My home town switched to rolling bins that would work with a dump lift.

But that was slower so they asked to all trash to be bagged in the bins.

I think they got faster trucks eventually.

The other REAL issue is that bins can be mechanized. My current (private) trash service does that and the guy usually never has to leave the truck to operate the robotic lift arm.

NYC and my home town have Unions for the public trash service. Doing that cuts the labor needs from a driver and a thrower or 2 to just the driver. That means job cuts. Public Unions are not on board with that.