Garbage collector seems to be on a lockdown too
By Alex Socorro
@Alexandoy (65308)
Cainta, Philippines
April 1, 2020 10:11pm CST
For 2 weeks of lockdown, our garbage is also on house arrest that some are already decaying and emitting unsavory odor. What is happening to the basic services of the government? I don't want to blame but when the lockdown started, the number of cases rose to more than a hundred. Are we doing something that is not right? What do you think?
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@Behindtheguitarbar (2831)
• Guangdong, China
2 Apr 20
During the quarantine here, the garbages in our community were cleared at least 3 times a day! The community need to be keeped clean.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
2 Apr 20
@Behindtheguitarbar filled 3 times in a day? I wonder where the garbage is coming from. But maybe the system there is different. Here, each house has its own garbage can.
@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
2 Apr 20
Gee, 3 times a day is very, very good for the sanitation of the place.
@Behindtheguitarbar (2831)
• Guangdong, China
2 Apr 20
@Alexandoy yes, the trash bins would be soon filled. So in that special moment, the trash bins needed to be cleaned up more.
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@LadyDuck (472004)
• Switzerland
2 Apr 20
@Alexandoy Better to talk with him about this problem.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
2 Apr 20
Tomorrow I will talk to the village officer assigned to our area about the collection of garbage.
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@Aquitaine24 (11813)
• San Jose, California
2 Apr 20
Wow, at least we have that. Are they expecting you to make a compost pile instead?
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@Aquitaine24 (11813)
• San Jose, California
3 Apr 20
@Alexandoy did they ever show up?
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
3 Apr 20
@Aquitaine24 yes, thank you for asking. Yesterday we heard the truck's horn. The driver said that they had a mechanical trouble so the truck couldn't be used.
@wolfgirl569 (107932)
• Marion, Ohio
2 Apr 20
@Alexandoy Much of ours is run privately in the rural areas. It is up to them. The government could tell them to stop but hasnt. They are just being careful with precautions.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
2 Apr 20
@wolfgirl569 that means it is better if the garbage collection is run by a private company.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
2 Apr 20
Your local government cares, here I don't know.
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@yoalldudes (35037)
• Philippines
2 Apr 20
Oh no. Soon there will be worms crawling.
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@Butterfingers (66583)
• India
25 Apr 20
Here they are coming every day and author should arrange for the lifting of garbage
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
25 Apr 20
The garbage truck has been back on track now. Hopefully they will appear every week.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
3 Apr 20
Maybe we should also do the defogging in order to cleanse the surrounding of the potential germs.
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@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
2 Apr 20
Currently our refuse collection is carrying on. The last thing you need at this time is another outbreak of diseases caused by the build up of rubbish! I hope they start to clear it soon!
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
2 Apr 20
That is what I am afraid of, another disease that can hit our community.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
2 Apr 20
All we can do now is hope. It seems that mankind is at a loss on what to do.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
2 Apr 20
That only adds to the problem. Basic services need to be maintained.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
2 Apr 20
I really don't know why the garbage truck is not coming to our village.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
3 Apr 20
I agree that the government needs our cooperation. But they should at least think very well for what I see here is a haphazard decision. No need to wear face mask. But yesterday the headline says it is imperative to wear a face mask.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
2 Apr 20
I still don't know the reason why they stopped working since they are under the government payroll and they are not related to the lockdown rules.
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@ZedSmart (19786)
• Philippines
2 Apr 20
Our public services division did an agreement with barangay officials based on the ecological solid waste management act that each barangay will took charge on the collection and after that, they'll call the PSD for the collection of garbage that is properly segregated. The barangay garbage collection team do not accept unsegregated garbage from households. In our barangay, they have a collection point where household brought thier garbage with personnel to check. They no longer making rounds to every corner of the streets because they found out that some household do not segregate and just dump their garbage at the truck. After that point of collection style was implemented, the personnel checked the garbage if it was properly segregated and if not, they will let the person delivering the garbage segregate in front of theirs. Now, it seems that the barangay people used to the collection style and we follow the rules. The schedule is twice a week. Tuesdays for bio, Fridays for non bio.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
2 Apr 20
The usual schedule here of collection is once a week. For more than 2 weeks the garbage will pile up.
@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
2 Apr 20
That was also my expectations but I was wrong.
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