Episode 288
For sanitation workers, the pandemic has brought mountains of cardboard
Pandemic or no, sanitation workers are still collecting the city's waste material. Civic hitches an early morning ride with Recology recycling driver Gareth Willey to get a sense for how the pandemic has changed his work. While the decreased traffic has made the streets a little less crowded, the bins he empties are now piled high with cardboard boxes from mail orders, which poses a challenge.
Civic · Laura Wenus, Liana Wilcox, Mel Baker
April 9, 202124m 15s
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Show Notes
Pandemic or no, sanitation workers are still collecting the city's waste material. Civic hitches an early morning ride with Recology recycling driver Gareth Willey to get a sense for how the pandemic has changed his work. While the decreased traffic has made the streets a little less crowded, the bins he empties are now piled high with cardboard boxes from mail orders, which poses a challenge.
Topics
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