A British man’s stunned response to how Australians empty their bins has gone viral and sparked energetic debate.
Expat Archie posted a clip of one among Sydney’s automated bin trucks, which encompasses a robotic arm to select up and empty the bins.
‘Take a look at this f***** mental way the Aussies do their bins,’ he observed. ‘Why has this not caught on in England?’
After the bins are lifted by the robotic arm, their contents are dumped into the compaction system to be crushed down further.
But Aussies and Americans have been left asking a unique query – why doesn’t England use similar technology?
Metro‘s resident Australians said they were also surprised the UK hasn’t caught onto the robotic trucks – but blamed a few of Britain’s narrow streets for the dearth of modernisation.
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‘They were my childhood,’ Assistant Opinion Editor James Besanvalle said.
‘They’d at all times come very early within the morning but you’d never really notice them. They were just… there. Sometimes they’d knock the bins over after they were emptied too.’
Partnerships and Projects Editor Mel Evans added: ‘You’d exit and your bin can be principally the wrong way up since the arm got too excited.’
Advanced bin technology can also be the norm in America, unlike the UK, where it’s common to see bin men following the trucks and tossing bags of rubbish inside.
England seemingly hasn’t caught on – Metro’s Video Producer Paul Hardcastle suspected bins in narrow alleyways and street parking is an element of the explanation behind the UK’s hesitancy on modernising their bin collections.
The UK does have narrow roads, including Parliament Street in Exeter – measuring just two feet one inch wide on the narrowest point. It wouldn’t be feasible to make use of the robotic armed lorries in smaller villages either.
But Mel points out: ‘We’ve got on-street parking in Australia, but you place your bins either within the gaps or on the road (again…wide roads).
‘After I lived on a road with an alley in Sydney, someone would come and grab them still. Better of each worlds.’
The UK does have some robot arm garbage lorries, however the robotic extremity is usually found on the back of the vehicle – not the side.
The USA led the way in which with robotic lorries – first introducing automated trucks to gather rubbish within the Sixties and Nineteen Seventies.
The technology was utilized in Scottsdale, Arizona, before spreading to other states, and cities, eventually becoming the usual in lots of countries.
Some nations have opted to make use of some unique ways to eliminate their trash. North Korea sent excrement-filled balloons with other garbage via balloon into South Korean airspace.
Greater than 150 balloons were found last spring, carrying various items of waste including plastic bottles, batteries, broken shoes and what’s believed to be manure.
For now, it may be best that Britain sticks with their bin men.
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