Comments on: Botany Bay Bottles Recycling Pt 2

By: Danny19921125

Danny19921125 — Thu, 07 May 2009 14:45:26 +0000

Great, Botany Bay bottles recycling come at morning and afternoon.
Here in Thailand the single pass truck (garbage and glass bottles recycling truck) come at early morning 4AM dumping bin and crashing galss bottles…it make my mom can’t sleep at all.

By: MitchellM15

MitchellM15 — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:29:12 +0000

The top is for plastics and cans, and the bottom three are for clear, green and brown glass.

By: Trashdude220

Trashdude220 — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:25:36 +0000

So what are all of those compartments for?

By: Trashman242

Trashman242 — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:36:13 +0000

lol Odds are that the drivers will be friendly and hopefully make that work Thanks for all the answers

By: MitchellM15

MitchellM15 — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 07:05:40 +0000

3) Continued: You’re definitely right about all those cars in the way, driver must have x-ray vision

I’ll do my best to get this truck in action again for you, I only know of Woollahra to still use this truck and that depends on the drivers being friendly if I can gettem on film. That’d be a great idea to get a shot of the “trough”, don’t know what the chance is of the shot but definitely worth a try…

By: MitchellM15

MitchellM15 — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 07:05:01 +0000

1) That’s the most probable method, same thing was done in Pittwater with the old bottles truck – was told one day the tailgate unlatched lol I don’t think it’d be needed often, if at all, because they seem to chuck the glass towards the back so wouldn’t probably clog up?

2) Yes

3) I wouldn’t say they’d miss that many, they probably get used to the route and where all the crates are placed, but I’m sure there’s the occasional drive-by?

By: Trashman242

Trashman242 — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 22:12:13 +0000

Few other things I forgot to ask/mention…

1) I know you’ve answered several times that there’s no packer, but how do they handle moving everything forward when the truck fills up? Just floor it and then slam on the brakes–LOL!

2) Does the body tip to empty?

3) How many crates would you say they miss on a daily basis? Seems real likely to happen with A. all the cars parked there and B. while constantly trying to keep up sorting…

By: Trashman242

Trashman242 — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 22:08:12 +0000

Another great one, hope you’ll go back here again for more eventually! It’d be awesome to see a shot from on the platform looking into the ‘trough’, as long as you stood in the middle Thanks a ton for posting these, made my day!

By: Trashman242

Trashman242 — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 22:06:36 +0000

Yeah as if there aren’t enough places using automated bins. Be thankful there still ARE some places that have manual recycling

By: dazza99687

dazza99687 — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 09:34:35 +0000

get with the times, use side loaders and 240ltr bins