{"id":335,"date":"2007-03-12T22:48:59","date_gmt":"2007-03-13T06:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/?p=335"},"modified":"2007-03-12T22:48:59","modified_gmt":"2007-03-13T06:48:59","slug":"trash-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/?p=335","title":{"rendered":"Trash Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I like taking pictures of normal things. Stupid things. The stuff you see everyday but give little attention, as it rightly should be. I find insignificance interesting: the things people use on a daily basis, the language they use to relate to each other, the customs they’ve developed to make things easier, it all hints at what makes people and cities function as they do. Mostly you notice the small things when you travel, like the coin-operated meters that dispense heat in some London flats, the communal cooking clubs in the Basque country, or how friends were surprised (but appreciative) when I whistled for a faraway cab in Glasgow. I’m not usually interested in the museums or the other fancy buildings most cities use to promote themselves, I want to know about that green sauce you poured on my mash!<\/p>\n

So even in my own hometown, its useful to pay attention to the little things. But trash cans? I haven’t lost all my canicas (yet) and I know it’s kinda stupid, but I like how they look so orderly before the pickup (like the pic above) and the bin disaster left by a hurried worker is even better! If you consider it a weekly parade of plastic helpers doing our dirty work, even if nobody comes out to watch, maybe you’ll have a better appreciation of the task they fulfill. Or maybe not. Oh well. Pa’ los demas, siganme los basureros!<\/p>\n

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Another set of orderly cans, even after the pickup. Two facing forward, three slightly askew.<\/p>\n

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The black cans are for the trash, blue is for recyclables, green is for grass and compost-ables. Here’s a fallen comrade of the recycling wars.<\/p>\n

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All empty now. There is a constant battle between can and bottle collectors to get to the valuables first, I’ve even started to save mine for my preferred collector!<\/p>\n

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“Oye tu! Pa’que chingados estas tomando fotos de basureros? Ponte hacer algo.” I’m sure that’s what this truck driver was thinking.<\/p>\n

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A careful balancing act.<\/p>\n

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Looks like not all the trash fit into these cans!<\/p>\n

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Six cans, all nice and orderly. A careful trash truck driver shows off some skills.<\/p>\n

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This can got missed, it’s still full of trash. Someone is going to be pissed!<\/p>\n

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Sharp! Gold and orange painted wheels. Put on some spinning hub caps and I’ll really be impressed.<\/p>\n

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Trash can massacre on Workman Street!<\/p>\n

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Plastic bodies strewn everywhere! This is a fine example of hit and run trash collecting. Some TLC with a water hose and they’ll be back in business. See you next week, mighty stalwarts of refuse!<\/p>\n

Bonus! Bonus!<\/p>\n

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Eventually, some succumb. This trash can was spotted outside the Arroyo Seco Library in Highland Park. If even after multiple layers of duct tape your cannister still leans over precariously, physically begging to be laid to rest, then it might be time for it to be replaced. What better place for a trash can than another trash can? Chuck it in the bin!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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