Comment by yetihehe
4 years ago
Putting empty bins back on cars is much easier than hauling them full from behind house, so that system is a win already. How to convince trash collectors - maybe put a small sign ("Put back bins on platforms for some fun") and when platforms detect that all bins are put back and empty - play some fanfares and make train go back? A little fun for collectors never hurts.
The speed at which the trash collectors I have seen work means that they would likely not care a bit about putting the cans back in the plates, much less be entertained watching a train take them away.
You still have collectors? In my, not especially large town, we’ve had the robot hydraulic arm things for almost a decade.
I can remember 20 years ago they not only coll cred by hand but for not that much extra per month they’d even walk back and pull them down.
>Putting empty bins back on cars is much easier
Not according to the collection employees that pick up in my neighborhood. Not once have the bins ever been put back in any manner other than "just throw the damn thing where ever".
I meant ".. easier for owner than hauling full bins from backyard". It depends on locality, in my town it's not a problem, collectors even put them back inside fence for some older people. If you can find some incentive for collectors for putting bins back on platforms, maybe they would put them back.
Indeed. Here I'm lucky if the bin is no further than my next door neighbour.
Fully automating the process in some way would at least spare you from your neighbors loading up the recycling bin you've left by the road with dog waste bags.