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Note: This post has been updated. One Dallas neighborhood is inviting their sanitation workers over for candy after a recent Dallas Morning News profile of one such worker. Larry Offutt, a resident of Bryan Parkway, said he appreciated the reminder of what hard work hauling garbage is. He and two neighbors bought dozens of pairs of … Read more
Read the ArticleWhen employees of Tracy’s King Crab Shack went into work Sunday morning, they were greeted by cardboard boxes, trash bags and crab bisque containers scattered all over the alleyway. Three dumpsters had been overturned. It’s that time of year again. Bears have descended on Juneau dumpsters and garbage cans, which mean people have to be … Read more
Read the ArticleMOLINE, Ill. (WQAD/CNN Newsource/WKRC) — Doikel Gning wanted to meet the man that he owes so many thanks. “I came to say thank you very much from the bottom of my heart. I would never be able to express in these words how I really feel,” said Gning upon meeting Dennis Crouch. Their story takes … Read more
Read the ArticleThe alarm rings at 3 a.m. Rosie Lopez gets out of bed in her Phoenix home and puts on dark pants, a long-sleeve T-shirt, work boots and a yellow reflective vest. At 8 a.m., she is three hours into her workday and seated behind the wheel of a 60-foot truck. A trailer hitched to the back carries a two-ton loader tractor. She carefully parallel parks … Read more
Read the ArticleBATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) – Livingston Parish officials gathered for the grand opening of a new Waste Management facility in Walker that would help clean up the air in the Capital area. The new Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) fleet facility will cover routes in Livingston Parish and the greater Baton Rouge area. Waste Management officials … Read more
Read the ArticleIn November 2013, Rantoul officials realized that 770 households in town did not pay for trash service. Instead, the garbage of thousands was being dropped in the country, snuck into dumpsters or disposed of at workplaces. Residents were able to skirt the village’s waste removal requirement by not subscribing to either of the town’s two … Read more
Read the ArticleGriggs and his fellow Dallas Texas Garbage Workers had talked about the possibility of a Living Wage
If he could make $10 and change an hour instead of $7.50, Markeese Griggs would buy himself a decent pair of gloves. A city of Dallas sanitation worker, Griggs spends 10 hours a day on the back of a garbage truck. The contractor he works for provides new cotton gloves every week or two, but … Read more
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Read the ArticleHappy World Space Week Next week is the official, United Nation’s declared, World Space Week. Every year during this week, the world comes together to celebrate space innovation and technological developments leading to a better society. Waste and Recycling Workers Week wants to remind you that the need for garbage collection is not just an Earthly … Read more
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