Here’s the situation - on bin day, I put out my bins with the draghandle facing outwards, because in my mind that means all the bin man has to do is grab the handle. My neighbour however, contends that it is more appropriate to have the bin lid facing outwards as some bin men like to check what’s in the bin before they drag it to the truck. I’ve never seen a bin man do this. To me, their way means extra work for the bin man but my neighbour says its my way that causes extra work.
In the grand scheme of things I doubt the bin men give a fuck which way round the bins are but I’m interested in what you all think. Handle facing out or lid facing out?
As far as I am aware I don’t think we have any lorries the comment was about. All ours are still wheeled from the kerb to the back of the truck by a human operator on foot that then pushes the button that then lifts the bin, they are then unhooked by a human and wheeled back at least out the road.
In the US (especially hot area) you put your bin a set distance from the sidewalk…no cars are parked on the street, the truck crawls along the curb and a robot arms grabs a correctly orientated bin using a camera, lifts it and return it to the sidewalk all requiring only the driver in his air conditioned cab.
Damn…thats equal parts impressive and horrifying.