The Daily Clean Up

Ushuaia 2007
Originally uploaded by agypsy.

Every day, very early the team of cleaners are out sweeping and cleaning throughout the city. I have a dumping point opposite and this guy brings his barrow loads and piles them here. Later in the day, depending on the size of the pile, along comes either the garbage truck and collects the pile or for large piles its the front end loader or bobcat and the truck.
It means the city is clean, but it also means lots of people just throw their rubbish down exactly where they are. I have heard mothers telling los niños to drop their rubbish within feet of a rubbish bin, and there are lots of rubbish bins. People also tend to dump their rubbish from cars. Often the dogs get into the heap opposite and every dog always checks the area on the way past.
Rubbish goes out in supermarket bags and often the dogs and birds get into these before they are collected and there are just so many plastic bags everywhere. They are always surprised in the supermarket when I produce my own carry bag.
But for a while every day the city is clean.