Reinventing waste removal
Windy garbage days are, quite possibly, the worst kind of days. Cans tip over, trash flies everywhere, and bins end up halfway down the street. I can’t tell you how many times I’d get home and would have to search all over the neighborhood to retrieve my missing recycling bins. After one particularly blustery Tuesday back in April, I came home to see my neighbors’ garbage cans and recycling bins scattered up and down the street, so I came up with an idea to make sure days like that would never have to happen again. "Be the change you want to see in the world of waste removal." pic.twitter.com/kq4Vvx5fQH — Matt Birt (@BirtMC) April 4, 2017 Instead of attending the town board meeting that month, I decided to write an email to our town supervisor. For some reason I never got a response, so I’m taking the idea off the shelf myself to get it rolling again. Here’s the idea: Garbage cans are generally designed to be taller than they are wide. This means th...