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MongolianCluster t1_jdcdo4l wrote

When the trash collectors start picking up the litter off the ground, then they can bitch. Until then, they can fuck off.

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DrJawn t1_jdcfhar wrote

Shovel and a broom on every trash truck would save the city

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allthingsparrot t1_jddbfs3 wrote

This always bothered me too. They grab the bags and ignore any loose trash. I'm sure they are thinking (or maybe told) it's not their job to pick up litter but if it were me I'd feel obliged, I dunno.

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DrJawn t1_jddf9nh wrote

They used to have two people follow the truck with a shovel and a broom.

I know they are low staffed right now and having issues and I also understand that there is a weight limit for them so they maintain worker safety which means they wouldn't be picking up huge illegally dumped things but if there were just two people following every truck with a shovel and a broom, litter would get a good elimination once a week on every street in Philadelphia.

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allthingsparrot t1_jddhexo wrote

Yes, I'm not talking large dumped objects and I'm talking pre-pandemic. Things like a Gatorade bottle etc.

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DrJawn t1_jddjqne wrote

Yeah for sure, when I was a kid, there was always a broom/shovel team following all of the trucks

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BigDeezerrr t1_jdd5zh5 wrote

Trash collectors pick up a dumpster right outside my apartment, and a decent amount of trash doesn't make it into the truck. Some hits the edge and falls in the street behind the truck. They always just drive away and leave a small pile of trash in the middle of the street.

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randym99 t1_jddapdx wrote

Film it and tweet it at them and the mayor

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eirtep t1_jddmint wrote

You sure that's the city picking up your trash? a lot of dumpsters I see are collected and managed by companies like WM.

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BigDeezerrr t1_jddq4rm wrote

That's a good point. I'll make sure to look for specific details next time they come around. Whoever it is, it's pretty annoying.

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CHIMPSnDIP88 t1_jddlpcr wrote

Bruh one of them dropped a milk carton when taking my recycling, one of the easiest possible things to pick up, dude was not in a rush, and he just left it there in the middle of the street. So many people, talking Philly especially, just do the literal bare minimum at their jobs.

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8Draw t1_jdd52ev wrote

I gotta assume the reason they're bringing back street sweeping is to account for this.

It's a shitty, roundabout way to get there, but in the end there's no good reason this work should be farmed out to a private company.

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Mike81890 t1_jdd7640 wrote

Working with Philadelphia's municipal services is making me in favor of privatization honestly. I never would have imagined myself feeling this way.

I WANT Philly to handle these sorts of things themselves, but they've proven time and again to be so fucking incompetent. I guess what I'm saying is that the city has broken me and my idealism

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avo_cado t1_jddgccb wrote

How would privatization improve this?

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thetinguy t1_jddn476 wrote

There wouldn't be stupid disagreements about picking up trash. I pay you money you pick up the trash. WM does this for many munis and cities.

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Mike81890 t1_jddhoux wrote

Glitter was working. It was a private organization.

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avo_cado t1_jddjbyj wrote

Sure, on top of normal trash collection

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Mike81890 t1_jddp0f1 wrote

Oh absolutely. I'm not suggested we privatize all sanitation, but the desire to block a private organization from EXISTING in this lane is preposterous.

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hatramroany t1_jddojzu wrote

Glitter allegedly comes to my block once a month (not that I have noticed a difference) because we can’t afford more and they force us to subsidize neighboring blocks. Trash collection comes to our block every week and has maybe been a day late once in the last year.

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