"A NEW LOOK AT AN OLD PROBLEM" 1970s UNION CARBIDE PLASTIC BAGS & GARBAGE MANAGEMENT FILM 67404

[@jeffpiatt3879]

"The Mother Truck." Would that make the driver a "Mother Trucker?"

[@dentalnovember]

Cant wait to see the Union Carbide film “Bhopal” from 1984. “Healing the earth with chemical pesticides.”

[@asm2750]

Crazy how many garbage collection systems existed back then. Now it’s all wheeled containers for homes and dumpsters for larger communities and commercial buildings.

[@tookitogo]

No, it isn’t uniform like you claim. The methods vary by location.

[@Dumb_Furry_UwU]

​​@@tookitogo stop being so angry and ignorant 😤 haircut says it all. Stop living in 2002

[@withershin]

The bag system will save the country. Oh here's another great idea Ed, let's put buildings on top of the landfills. Maybe a soccer pitch or a baseball diamond too. Should be fine. Can't imagine there being any issues in the future. We should call the paper-recovery something more catchy... Like how about we call it "recycling" but we'll use liquid nitrogen on the newspapers and a big hammer. I love these videos. Thanks for all of your hard work Periscope Film.

[@user-1281]

Liquid nitrogen and the "big hammer" was used on tires, not newspapers.

[@withershin]

@@user-1281 the bag system will save you one day

[@jamessmyth5949]

It's incredible how much waste went to landfill back then. It's nice to see that some recycling was taking place with paper and tires. The biggest environmental problem was yet to come though, with the introduction of plastic bottles and packaging that replaced easy to recycle glass bottles.

[@albear972]

*Greenwashing* from petrochemical companies has been around for a long time.

[@georgewuzheer]

Spotless, squeaky clean Japan switched to plastic bags in the 70s or 80s and it works beautifully for them. Any system no matter how technologically advanced will be defeated by lazy litterbugs. The problem is cultural. When looking to clean up your neighborhood/city/country you'd be best served talking to a sociologist, not an engineer.

[@65gtotrips]

@3:33 is pretty funny…’not upsetting the environment of a neighborhood’ - This is obviously before tire shredding machines were developed.

[@Gannett2011]

In the UK back then it was the traditional rubbish bin/trash can and the truck would roll down the street and a squad of men would shoulder the bins and empty them into the back of the truck. Now I live in California, and my city just rolls up to the wheelie bin and lifts it up to dump it into the truck, 2 guys in the cab, never have to get out. These systems described in the film are like hearing about people in old London tossing the contents of their chamber pots into the street, archaic and disgusting.

[@canadagood]

I live in a small Canadian town. Until last year our garbage was collected weekly by a traditional back-loading garbage truck with one or two men dumping garbage cans into the back. When things went well they went very well; but when it snowed or got icy or somebody booked off sick then things deteriorated quickly. Injuries were common and it was hard to retain workers. Finally last year we changed to a contractor with wheelie bins and side-loading trucks. Since the bins are much larger, collection is only every second week. Because of the lower labor costs the town is saving money. And there are no injuries. Collecting and throwing all those bags must have been back-breaking, smelly and dangerous work.

[@maplemanz]

Its funny that UC was one of the biggest corporate polluters.

[@PACstove]

Leaving bags out seems like it would draw rats and so many other animals. The big bag grabbing claw made me cringe thinking of the possible accidents with children or pets that might be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

[@ptappola]

Luckily children weren't that helpless during that time.

[@PACstove]

@@ptappola Any child or animal caught in that thing is pretty helpless. Hydraulics don't give a shit.

[@keithmoore5306]

hell most cities are letting the garbage roam the streets wrecking everything in sight!!! they need to figure out how to deal with that!!

[@lastotallyawesomebleach204]

The history of trash day

[@gregorypeck1606]

Bags out in the open ridiculous 😅

[@davidpatriot1082]

i miss this America. go ahead, call me racist. Things were better.