Trash collector

Garbage

Here's the story of a 24-year-old student who ended up working as a garbage collector to help his struggling family, but through hard work and immense support he recently got accepted into Harvard.

Angel Veloz talks about his work ethic and why he dropped out of college to drive trucks.

MOST of us don’t expect our trash bins to smell peachy clean all the time – they are filled with garbage, after all. But at the very least, we definitely don’t want them smelling up the whole kitchen. Besides triggering our gag reflex every time we enter the room, a smelly trash bin can attract […]

“If a company can get away with doing it the easy way then they will.” A Redditor has shared an infuriating video of a trash truck picking up recycling bins — not distinguishing between waste for landfills and recycling plants. In a post on the r/mildlyinfuriating subreddit from two years ago, a user uploaded a video of a waste management truck putting recycling in the same space as the landfilled garbage. The caption explained that this wasn’t a one-time occurrence. “Every week, WastePro…

Waste segregation is essential for garbage to be recycled. This is a dangerous and costly task. This project aims to automate that process.

Let's all refrain from littering on the streets, or else the samurai trash collectors of Tokyo will be coming for us next.

Schools Clean Up Day inspires thousands of Australians to take to their local park, beach, bushland, streets and schools to clean up their local environments. Clean Up Australia and Cool Australia have teamed up to create high-quality educational resources, which engage students in sustainability education.

Fast fashion is a textile waste of disposable fashion. This 'waste couture' thrives on a toss away culture of consumerism and disposability.