So, yep, you guessed it, I bought a GoPro for this specific truck, driven by the most chill and awesome driver Kirk, Tony, and I have ever run into. After the first time we followed him, we figured he would be the ideal driver to ask to mount a camera to acquire some hopper shots, and since Tony can't seem to find his GoPro, I invested my hundreds of dollars worth of past birthday and Xmas money to buy this GoPro HERO, along with a magnetic mount (after a failed attempt with a double suction cup mount, as the surface was too dirty).
This driver normally drives a 2006 CCC COE Wayne Curbtender, one of the older units in SaMo's fleet. Today we caught him with a slightly newer 2011 CCC LET2 Wayne Curbtender, also powered by CNG. In this video you will witness him running his regular Friday route (or in this case Saturday, due to President's Day) in the alleys filled with 300's and 90 gallon containers in the midst of Santa Monica's enormous apartment grid, both north and south of Wilshire Blvd. As you may see, not a whole lot of recycling going on, as most apartment buildings either don't have nor want to pay for an extra 300 gallon recycling container. Being a considerably "green" and "environmentally consious" city, I find it quite strange that Public Works hasn't promoted or put more effort into recycling among the apartment districts. Because of this lack of recycling receptacles, this means residents will end up dumping everything in the trash sadly, and this seems like a regular thing even if the apartment DOES have a recycling container. Some people are just plain lazy.
Enjoy this footage, and stay tuned for more hopper videos from trashmankirk and WasteManTony!
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Credit to the City of Santa Monica, Dept of Public Works and the awesome driver for helping us get this footage!
25 июл 2024
