trash collection @ clayton

over here in melbourne, the households separate their trash into two bins: one for paper, cardboard and boxes and the other bin for food, rubbish, nappies and bags. they used to have another category - glasses, bottles and plastic . it seems they have lumped this with the first category (recyclables).

the one-man operated trash truck comes around once a week, every friday. so, early on friday morning or on thursday evening, the residents will move the bins from outside their houses to the main road, if their houses are not along the main roads, like ivy and ida's.

i think there are two separate trash trucks that come round on fridays to empty the two different types of bins. the operator does not have to leave his truck to empty the bins. the truck comes equipped with a mechanical clamp which grabs the bin and dumps its content into the truck. i learnt from ivy that the truck that collects recyclable waste comes around once a fortnight.

people here are generally quite disciplined and environmentally friendly. they separate their trash accordingly and used plastic bags to contain food remnants and soiled stuff.

now i understand the need for two bins. one is for recyclable stuff and the other is for non-recyclables.