Newcastle Clean-Up

After getting some quick footage of the Garpac, I was directed just down the road where I found this clean-up truck moving along. I tailed these guys briefly, but then they took a quick break not long after I met up with them... that's when the Sidepak came roaring up the street right on cue =] After videoing the garbage and recycling trucks, I headed back to find this white rear loader collecting within some streets containing some decent piles. I was really lucky to get these three clips, as they packed out and were off to the tip not long after I caught up to them.
When I found out that Cleanaway did the bulk-waste collections in Newcastle, I pictured a young ACCO, a tough 28m JP5 mounted on top, the whole machine in a blue scheme and a Cummins engine roaring hard. Instead of my initial expectation, I saw this very old and battered 19m JP5 on an International, with the plain white scheme, operating at idle and not packing the hardest load. I don't think Cleanaway does this job anymore as the service has recently become on-call and the council just took on some new rear loaders. Not the fastest action on video, but the packer runs a little quicker a few times when the driver hits the throttle.

[@AussieGarbo]

They stopped the scheduled collection, it's an on-call pick-up these days. Consider it a domino effect for the green-waste service - Newcastle, Lake Mac, then the others will follow. Getting too costly now to landfill everything, plus a lot of council sites are reaching capacity. I don't think you'll see a clean-up service happening in Maitland or Cessnock and time soon, if at all. They have a yard off Egret St on Kooragang Island and there's a small one based in the Singleton Industrial area.

[@Tiqerboy]

Why did they throw away a perfectly good dog house? Did the dog just die?

[@arkansastrash320]

That was very very nice to watch!!!All i can say is more please haha.Thanks mitchell for your work!

[@wasteland24]

These guys must be paid by the hour, any slower ha!

[@lidsman2221]

Excellent video! I love all that crunching!

[@mikeyfromnj]

Hi Mitch !! Gotta love these clean up vids!! Especially in an asl, where the driver mounts a camera in the hopper. I don't think they use those for clean ups,but you never know what is going to be in those bins when they are emptied, I've seen lots of bulk come out of those bins

[@KennysTrucks]

Like your bulk collection vids!

[@QueensLandGarbo16]

very nice mitch !

[@trashratt]

bulk collection=best job in the world!

[@denzel387]

i like hard rubbish trucks

[@denzel387]

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