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The great trash can dilemma: forward facing or rear facing?
Posted on 7/13/25 at 8:41 pm
Posted on 7/13/25 at 8:41 pm
OK, so everyone on my street push-rolls their trash bin to the street curb with the andles to the back, and lid at the front.
So one neighbor all of a sudden is pulling his trash can to the curb with the lid facing away from the street. Handles nearest to the curb.
Can any OT professional sanitation engineers help advise if one direction or the other is better for the grabber garbage trucks?
So one neighbor all of a sudden is pulling his trash can to the curb with the lid facing away from the street. Handles nearest to the curb.
Can any OT professional sanitation engineers help advise if one direction or the other is better for the grabber garbage trucks?
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Posted on 7/13/25 at 8:43 pm to TDFreak
At least where I live there is literally an arrow on the can lid so that even morons can figure out which way to point it.
Posted on 7/13/25 at 8:43 pm to TDFreak
Every time I’ve watched them pick the cans up they dump with the side facing the street angled down
Which means if the lid was facing the other way it would be flopping around and getting in the way of the falling garbage
Could be different in other places I guess
Which means if the lid was facing the other way it would be flopping around and getting in the way of the falling garbage
Could be different in other places I guess
Posted on 7/13/25 at 8:44 pm to TDFreak
You need to place the can with the front of the lid facing the street
Posted on 7/13/25 at 8:44 pm to TDFreak
quote:dont need to hear about your sex life on Sunday night
The great trash can dilemma: forward facing or rear facing?
Posted on 7/13/25 at 8:44 pm to TigerIron
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At least where I live there is literally an arrow on the can lid so that even morons can figure out which way to point it.
This
Handles in the back.
Posted on 7/13/25 at 8:46 pm to TDFreak
I have a wife for these type household tasks.
Posted on 7/13/25 at 8:46 pm to TDFreak
Thought most of the cans included instructions on which way to face.
Posted on 7/13/25 at 8:47 pm to TDFreak
quote:everyone on your street is a moron
OK, so everyone on my street push-rolls their trash bin to the street curb with the andles to the back, and lid at the front.
Posted on 7/13/25 at 8:48 pm to TDFreak
How does one throw out an old trash can? Every week i place it on the curb and all they do is pop the lid off and leave it
Posted on 7/13/25 at 8:48 pm to TDFreak
The trucks for ours uses the big grabber arms so I don’t think it matters (for our service).
Posted on 7/13/25 at 8:49 pm to TDFreak
My recycling can has arrows pointing the handles to the street
Posted on 7/13/25 at 8:52 pm to TDFreak
It depends.
In Shreveport, the sanitation workers moved the can from the curb to the back of the truck. Therefore, it was better for them if I turned the can with its back to the road. That way it could be moved to the truck without them having to turn it around.
However, in Huntsville, the trucks use a big grabber to reach out, pick up the can, and dump it over the side. Because of this, it is better if I place the can with the front facing the road.
In Shreveport, the sanitation workers moved the can from the curb to the back of the truck. Therefore, it was better for them if I turned the can with its back to the road. That way it could be moved to the truck without them having to turn it around.
However, in Huntsville, the trucks use a big grabber to reach out, pick up the can, and dump it over the side. Because of this, it is better if I place the can with the front facing the road.
This post was edited on 7/14/25 at 7:22 am
Posted on 7/13/25 at 8:58 pm to alajones
quote:
depends.
In Shreveport, the sanitation workers moved the can from the curb to the back of the truck. Therefore, it was better for them if I turned the can with its back to the curb. That way it could be moved to the truck without them having to turn it around.
However, in Huntsville, the trucks use a big grabber to reach out, pick up the can, and dump it over the side. Because of this, it is better if I place the can with the front facing the road.
This exactly…I have recently retired and for the first time in my life, I have seen both the garbage man and the mailman.
Posted on 7/13/25 at 9:03 pm to TDFreak
My can says for the lid to face the street, not the handles.
Posted on 7/13/25 at 9:07 pm to TDFreak
Our guys will not empty the can if the lid is not facing the street.
Posted on 7/13/25 at 9:34 pm to TDFreak
If you have automated trucks that lift and dump the can with a hydraulic arm then his way won't work. If you have guys manually lifting and dumping them his way is probably better for the workers.
Posted on 7/13/25 at 9:39 pm to TDFreak
It doesn’t matter.
The hydraulic arm is gonna pick it up all the same and when it turns the can over, the top will still open and the trash will go in the the top of the truck.
Don’t over think this
The hydraulic arm is gonna pick it up all the same and when it turns the can over, the top will still open and the trash will go in the the top of the truck.
Don’t over think this
Posted on 7/13/25 at 9:41 pm to TDFreak
quote:
The great trash can dilemma: forward facing or rear facing?
This one should be very simple, handles to the curb side. Front of lid facing the street.
That's the requirement for the trash trucks
Posted on 7/13/25 at 9:42 pm to TDFreak
I place it which ever way inconveniences me the least. Handles closest to our house
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