I may have it wrong, but I think while discussing the in/convenience of glass beer bottle returns relative to mandatory deposit costs and flavor benefits it was Csiki Andy who may have been the one mentioning a lack of recycling in Romania.

I’m proud to belatedly report that recycling has gotten underway in the beautiful city of Braşov. I’m not sure that’s Scripcaru’s way of making up for poor water management, but you have to love that anything is happening at all.

Sure, it’s a crude start. Yet, I was pleased to take note of such a very unexpected initiative on this municipal front.

As I recall, the recycling program took it’s first wobbly steps around the Christmas holiday. This truck circulates to various neighborhoods in search of large goodies. The driver stays seated on his duff, while the other(s) hop out.

Generally, they first go after any available wood. Sections of tree trucks, collections of branches, piles of cut lumber, left over window frames, pressboard, and other lemn things. I’ve also seen them score a bathroom sink, old tires, metal pipes, leftover carpet, and other various bits.

The guys working the beat seem able to lift and throw just about anything into the back of the rig. However, in the rare event something weighs just too darn much, there is a handy if underutilized crane attached to the truck. Watching it work reminds me of the 25-cent prize machines stuffed with quibbles you could never grasp with the 3-fingered claw.

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