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Originally Posted by Maker
It was introduced as a safety improvement, and a cost savings.
It is NOT a cost savings. Actual costs are now more than DOUBLE
With a wage increase, the costs are nearly twice as much to collect the same amount of trash.
Also, to drive requires a CDL license. Now both people will need a CDL, and the pay rate for that job is also higher. Means even higher costs.
Another hidden cost is the truck itself. Fuel, consumables, maintenance, tires... alre are DOUBLE the previous costs. The truck miles is double, effectively cutting its years of use in half. Meaning new trucks will need to be bought twice as often.
Traveling every road twice also means the total hours to collect is double. Overtime pay also drives to total costs up.
For "safety", it would have been cheaper to have a crew of 5. 3 to collect trash, 2 put front and back to block traffic.
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The cost to operated a trash truck of that size, approaches $6/mile.
How does doubling the miles driven, save money? You'd have to eliminate the driver and "thrower" to save money. Why don't they convert the trucks to "automatic" pick up, like most big cities have done? Never mind, I know why ... Villages don't want to see their streets lined with the large, plastic, trash containers, set up for mechanized pickup.
More image vs practicality. IMAGE wins every time in TV.