Early Wednesday morning in downtown San Diego, and men are hard at work collecting the city’s trash.
It’s very early Wednesday morning. That means a small fleet of garbage trucks will soon be rumbling throughout downtown San Diego. Dumpsters will be hauled, pushed, lifted and emptied. Clank! Crash! Bang! It’s trash collection day!
I took some photos last Wednesday of all the activity. I delayed posting these pictures, however, because stinky, messy trash collection didn’t seem to convey the proper Christmas spirit. (Some would probably say that it does!) Now that New Year’s Day is approaching, these photographs seem more fitting. What’s old vanishes, making way for the new!
A building’s dumpsters are ready to be hauled out and emptied.Plastic garbage cans overflow near the House of Blues. Life in the big city.Few people are about this early in the morning. One gentleman was slowly walking down Broadway.Rows of garbage receptacles in the Gaslamp. The remnants of good times.While garbage is collected, early morning deliveries are also being made, including kegs of beer on pallets.Several garbage trucks converged at once on this block and I paused to watch for a moment.Collecting garbage in downtown San Diego while many still sleep.Blue recycle bins are lifted, banging and clattering, and contents are dumped.A truck heads up to Cortez Hill. Perhaps my own trash will soon be transported away.
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2 thoughts on “Trash collection day in downtown San Diego.”
I really like this — for the images & the explanatory text, but especially because essays like this remind us of the behind-the-scenes systems & people needed to keep us safe & comfy. They deserve our respect, so it’s a fitting year-end tribute, I think.
I agree. The folks who pick up trash and perform other not-very-glamorous tasks do important, honorable work. It’s a hard job and critical for all of us. They are appreciated.
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I really like this — for the images & the explanatory text, but especially because essays like this remind us of the behind-the-scenes systems & people needed to keep us safe & comfy. They deserve our respect, so it’s a fitting year-end tribute, I think.
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I agree. The folks who pick up trash and perform other not-very-glamorous tasks do important, honorable work. It’s a hard job and critical for all of us. They are appreciated.
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