Toronto Coping with Garbage Collector Strike (Spadina at Queen)
Toronto's municipal (city) workers have been on strike since mid-June 2009. I set out to look for trash/ garbage/ rubbish lying around on the street but for the most part, the city is actually surprisingly clean.
Unlike the last time they went on strike in 2002, this time Toronto residents are coping quite well. The city has set up temporary dump sites (usually in neighbourhood / neighborhood parks) where residents can bring in their own trash until the labour / labor dispute is over. Many businesses seem to be paying for private collectors to dispose their commercial garbage for the time being. Surely the rubbish bins on the major streets are overflowing with trash, but most streets are otherwise quite clean.
This was taken on Spadina Avenue looking south towards Queen Street West.
Toronto Coping with Garbage Collector Strike (Spadina at Queen)
Toronto's municipal (city) workers have been on strike since mid-June 2009. I set out to look for trash/ garbage/ rubbish lying around on the street but for the most part, the city is actually surprisingly clean.
Unlike the last time they went on strike in 2002, this time Toronto residents are coping quite well. The city has set up temporary dump sites (usually in neighbourhood / neighborhood parks) where residents can bring in their own trash until the labour / labor dispute is over. Many businesses seem to be paying for private collectors to dispose their commercial garbage for the time being. Surely the rubbish bins on the major streets are overflowing with trash, but most streets are otherwise quite clean.
This was taken on Spadina Avenue looking south towards Queen Street West.