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  • New York City is one of the most wasteful cities in the world. But none of its trash is actually processed in NYC. It's sent to waste-to-energy facilities and landfills as far away as Ohio and South Carolina. It takes a vast network of sanitation workers, trucks, trains, cranes, and barges - and $429 million a year - to get it there.
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  • @martindonoval2162
    @martindonoval2162 Před 3 lety +19732

    I hate how society hates on garbage men and puts them as the bad example what happends when you dont study. Tf, theyre SO important its not even funny. Mad respect.

    • @voteforpedro7332
      @voteforpedro7332 Před 3 lety +618

      Dude it sounds like a fun and a well paying job ngl

    • @martindonoval2162
      @martindonoval2162 Před 3 lety +854

      ​@@voteforpedro7332 True, it is paid well. The only thing Id be scared about is the health risks, I would 100% use some type of masks. And I remember dreaming about riding on the side of a garbage truck when I was a kid, sounds fun to drive around like that :D

    • @Sorcerers_Apprentice
      @Sorcerers_Apprentice Před 3 lety +484

      In the old days it was looked down upon, now it's a stable city job with a pension and benefits.

    • @ravigopinathan2835
      @ravigopinathan2835 Před 3 lety +318

      If a journalist didn't show up for work one day, nobody would notice. But if there was no one who came to pick up our (plastic) trash any given day, everyone on that whole garbage trucks route would not get theirs picked up.

    • @darell8310
      @darell8310 Před 3 lety +11

      Term it's not even funny used so losely

  • @dannyzero692
    @dannyzero692 Před 3 lety +20324

    “You don’t smell garbage you smell money”
    Yo someone give this man a raise

    • @sydneyd9840
      @sydneyd9840 Před 3 lety +173

      Yess

    • @Linkwii64
      @Linkwii64 Před 3 lety +685

      You can tell that guy love his job.

    • @fuckheinschitt239
      @fuckheinschitt239 Před 3 lety +116

      That's what I like.

    • @MSpencer1998
      @MSpencer1998 Před 3 lety +69

      You want to give him trash?

    • @SevenHunnid
      @SevenHunnid Před 3 lety +16

      Fun fact: the FEDS ARE trying to lock me up for life just because i smoke weed in my CZcams videos for a living, subscribe before yo boy is next to bill cosby 😈💀

  • @JC02official
    @JC02official Před rokem +110

    Unless you are living alone in the wilderness you are always relying on other people for everything, even if it doesn't seem like it. This is big work. So much respect to these people

    • @NazriB
      @NazriB Před 5 měsíci

      Lies again? Google Drive USD SGD

  • @notallthatbad
    @notallthatbad Před rokem +74

    I used to have the weirdest job years ago. I would follow around a garbage truck in the wee hours of the morning counting how many "yards" (bags) of trash they would throw into the garbage truck. I even got to ride on the back of the truck once when there was nothing else to do and helped load trash into it. Gave me massive respect for sanitation workers. They are literally keeping society clean and disease free. Without them, things would fall apart very quickly.

  • @CockatooDude
    @CockatooDude Před 3 lety +7171

    Honestly it's reporting like this that all media outlets should aspire to.

    • @skeletalforce9673
      @skeletalforce9673 Před 3 lety +212

      Yes but sadly original content is expensive. Most "journalism" involves just sensationalizing something you heard about

    • @NYCmob79
      @NYCmob79 Před 3 lety +58

      Need to educate the citizens. Maybe go after manufacturers too. Create items that are recyclable.

    • @VinegarPotato
      @VinegarPotato Před 3 lety +7

      Maybe, but I wish they wouldn’t put this with the impossible hyperloop which ruins their image

    • @CockatooDude
      @CockatooDude Před 3 lety +5

      @@VinegarPotato What's impossible about the hyperloop?

    • @phrog.4809
      @phrog.4809 Před 3 lety +8

      I fully agree, stuff like this is interesting to me.

  • @mtvh7739
    @mtvh7739 Před 3 lety +2555

    "you don't smell garbage, you smell money."
    Frank 2021

    • @jamesa6693
      @jamesa6693 Před 3 lety +47

      Ever taken a good smell of warm wet money, it’s pretty close indeed.

    • @Amoebacity
      @Amoebacity Před 3 lety +53

      Frank is a definition hustler

    • @randommay3573
      @randommay3573 Před 3 lety +7

      How much do they get paid

    • @randommay3573
      @randommay3573 Před 3 lety +15

      45 to 90 thousand a year for drivers and 13-25 maybe 30 dollars an hour for guys like him i think so i guess he never said it smelled like lots of money

    • @resist8276
      @resist8276 Před 3 lety +4

      @@randommay3573 where u getting the “to 90 thousand” from? Do your research, these people work with garbage, they ain’t makin anywhere near your dreaming amount😂 highest paid is only in the low 60k and that’s the high 10%, the low is in the 20k so again pls don’t bring opinions where someone asks for facts

  • @joseyeastwood
    @joseyeastwood Před rokem +138

    Amazing i never realized how much goes into the daily grind of handling garbage love and respect to all of our sanitation workers.

  • @johnshields6852
    @johnshields6852 Před rokem +32

    I used to pick up recycled cans, paper, for huge recycling company, it's cool to see how they separate and reuse a lot of trash, big money. And when you see it on conveyor belts being separated it's really not dirty like I'd always thought, plastic, paper, glass, aluminum cans, pretty amazing seeing blocks of aluminum just from cans.

  • @losethegame1991
    @losethegame1991 Před 2 lety +2546

    As a residential plumber who regularly sticks his whole arm into drains, I have mad respect for trash workers. Hes so right that you dont smell the stink, you smell the $$. These types of jobs keeps America running.

    • @bigboi9856
      @bigboi9856 Před 2 lety +20

      the fateful day when your arm gets stuck... Oof

    • @butterphli3z
      @butterphli3z Před 2 lety +3

      copium at its finest

    • @twistieman1078
      @twistieman1078 Před 2 lety +74

      @@butterphli3z what's wrong with hard work?

    • @MRWEDAWEST
      @MRWEDAWEST Před 2 lety +19

      @@twistieman1078 AIIHT!
      You should never look down on a service you use.

    • @samueltorres4121
      @samueltorres4121 Před 2 lety +4

      @@butterphli3z lol yeah really. I mean it's good to accept fate but guys like this talk about it like it's enjoyable

  • @PowerShellNoob
    @PowerShellNoob Před 2 lety +6257

    It’s pretty insane that a lot of these jobs that people make fun of play such a huge part in our daily lives. If these jobs didn’t exist, we probably couldn’t exist or would be a disease ridden world.

    • @jimmyswindle1934
      @jimmyswindle1934 Před 2 lety +59

      I work methane pipeline and I love it you get used to smell real quick

    • @MattWolfe1019
      @MattWolfe1019 Před 2 lety +38

      I agree 💯 I don't work in a landfill I work for a construction company where my job is to pick up all the garbage on job sites and toss it into a dump trailer, dump truck or sometimes there's a dumpster on the job site. So yeah garbage is my specialty. After all all garbage whether if it's garbage from construction sites or if it's household garbage it all has to go somewhere.

    • @raymondpruitt5421
      @raymondpruitt5421 Před 2 lety +37

      New York is a disease

    • @raymondpruitt5421
      @raymondpruitt5421 Před 2 lety +10

      @Matt P didn’t change the fact that New York ships it to other states

    • @ENDDAYZDIECASTema
      @ENDDAYZDIECASTema Před 2 lety +3

      Heard of covid?😁

  • @beckoningtrack4002
    @beckoningtrack4002 Před rokem +36

    Crazy seeing those cranes in a video and not just in person. I was part of a crew that installed the ones you see at 4:20

  • @somecuntxxx
    @somecuntxxx Před rokem +11

    Russell is just that one kind of guy that makes you say
    he's kind to:
    neighbors
    friends
    family
    pets
    fish
    ghosts
    the equipment in the factory
    plants
    fungus
    worms
    inanimate objects
    the ground
    the sky
    trees
    grass
    weeds
    bugs
    bees
    anything that exists Russell has to be chill with really

  • @october1634
    @october1634 Před 3 lety +706

    "Rain, snow, hail, storm. There's no stopping us"
    The tide: Say no more

  • @pranavkakkar7637
    @pranavkakkar7637 Před 3 lety +1633

    I've started appreciating sanitation workers in the pandemic. Respect.

    • @shubhamdhaker5017
      @shubhamdhaker5017 Před 3 lety +42

      In india it is very difficult to workers because they do not have gloves or mask or suits. They work very hard on their own. Respect ❤️

    • @hitnailhalfway2485
      @hitnailhalfway2485 Před 3 lety +5

      nah you don't. the sanitation workers in india are of one caste and one community only.
      if indians realized that, there wouldn't be untouchability, can't marry intercaste, in india.

    • @shubhamdhaker5017
      @shubhamdhaker5017 Před 3 lety +15

      @@hitnailhalfway2485 its our past where orthodox peoples thinks like that. The youth of india nowadays are more liberate and aware of all the things going on there. Pls dont conclude anything without knowing it. Love from india❤️

    • @lexbeltran1354
      @lexbeltran1354 Před 3 lety +4

      Without them, you would be swimming in your own trash

    • @insanity6379
      @insanity6379 Před 3 lety

      Yep exactly, but its a scamdemic

  • @alina3254
    @alina3254 Před 9 měsíci

    These people who work for these services are absolute heroes!!! Because of them we do not get sick, we are not infested by rats, diseases, landfill does not get into our drinking water. We keep our air clean, our homes clean and nature as clean as possible.

  • @unabrazoatodoslosbuenos
    @unabrazoatodoslosbuenos Před rokem +6

    Bless all our sanitation workers. Thanks for your great service.

  • @varaprasadperchalla2453
    @varaprasadperchalla2453 Před 3 lety +3083

    *Respect* to all workers in the line

  • @tsuoggyy3723
    @tsuoggyy3723 Před rokem +20

    "You don't smell garbage, you smell money" he got a point

  • @legendarypillow1450
    @legendarypillow1450 Před rokem

    This channel is super interesting. Good on you business insider 👍

  • @khangn5354
    @khangn5354 Před 3 lety +1369

    Its shocking how parents told us not to be garbage men but they are actually important to the society

    • @matthewcantoran5521
      @matthewcantoran5521 Před 3 lety +17

      True

    • @rakeebhossain7099
      @rakeebhossain7099 Před 3 lety +148

      Also NYC garbage men make like 100k and it’s super competitive to become one.

    • @LAce.
      @LAce. Před 3 lety +104

      back then we would make fun of people with jobs like garbage man and plumbing, now we realize it can solo carry a family

    • @THECARS7879
      @THECARS7879 Před 3 lety +10

      I took that test 2003, Its getting in that's hard

    • @THECARS7879
      @THECARS7879 Před 3 lety +14

      @@LAce. the sanitation is 1 of New York City's best job. I can't speak for everywhere else.

  • @WolfPrideProductions
    @WolfPrideProductions Před 3 lety +1287

    New York: "Jersey is trash"
    New Jersey: "...excuse me, do you want this back then?"

    • @simonair
      @simonair Před 3 lety +13

      @Rest in Pog ah the classic alleyway problem

    • @annacaitlin2
      @annacaitlin2 Před 3 lety +13

      @Rest in Pog well that’s just the city. It is so densely populated in the city the smell is a lot worse but outside of it, it’s not as bad or you can’t even smell it at all.

    • @hughjassFrom7YearsAgo
      @hughjassFrom7YearsAgo Před 3 lety +9

      @@Remo50Calx2 just a tip, if you want to promote some music, dont do it in comments. That’s just low.

    • @josephgarcia4458
      @josephgarcia4458 Před 3 lety

      New York: yes, to Staten Island.

    • @hiphop296
      @hiphop296 Před 3 lety +1

      @Rest in Pog damn, when I visited I really didn't smell much except when I was literally walking past trash which isn't very common

  • @heydavedawson
    @heydavedawson Před rokem

    One man’s discarded Star Wars memorabilia is another fan’s treasure!!! LOVE these people cleaning up our streets... truly amazing system we have. Albeit not perfect, but it’s working!!! What great attitudes they have.

  • @Erin-Thor
    @Erin-Thor Před 8 měsíci

    I used to visit NYC frequently for business and a few times on vacation, and learned to pick my hotel room CAREFULLY! Nighttime is when almost all deliveries and pickups are done. You don’t want a street side or alley facing room, as the noise level increases exponentially. The higher the better too, as there is less street noise. After so many sleepless nights I began wearing earplugs at night, but then changed to picking a smarter hotel room location.

  • @mydear6788
    @mydear6788 Před 3 lety +2727

    This video should be played in every class room so kids can see it.

    • @petarpewtrovic7266
      @petarpewtrovic7266 Před 3 lety +20

      Why? Need ppl to do this job to. It's heavy but good paid

    • @mydear6788
      @mydear6788 Před 3 lety +129

      @@petarpewtrovic7266 because I wached it with my 10 year old and they are saddened of how much people waste. She knows it better than most adults....but she also knows that our neighborhs have times 10 garbage outside than we do....we don't use lots of crap like paper towel, we don't use plastic forks, plates, water bottles, so on...we are farmers and nothing goes to waste, not even chicken poo, they have 100 acre but rake the leafs and have a truck take them? My father was a garbage collector in Hungary for 20 years... they are heros to us.

    • @utho8080
      @utho8080 Před 3 lety +69

      Ain’t just kids that need to see this. Adults more than kids. Adults need to set the example and teach the youth not to be wasteful.

    • @jayus2033
      @jayus2033 Před 3 lety +2

      @@utho8080 they think they care?

    • @l.v1473
      @l.v1473 Před 3 lety +20

      @@jayus2033 yes tbey do. You maybe dont but everyone else will

  • @marcoaf18
    @marcoaf18 Před 3 lety +459

    “Getting New Yorkers to waste less altogether” yes but we should also get all those companies to waste less aswell. All that pointless packaging adds up

  • @davy1458
    @davy1458 Před rokem +1

    I found a antique wood piano bench in a landfill once and brought it home and my whole family gave me a hard time about it but I spent about a month sanding it all down and refinishing it and now it's beautiful and my family loves it.

    • @longestvideoever
      @longestvideoever Před měsícem

      Yeah our culture of disposables needs to stop. Its sad that taking things from the trash is looked down upon. You see the stuff they throw out at Harvard!

  • @vnelson000
    @vnelson000 Před rokem

    Very informative.👍
    Lol, Brooklyn 6 Garage is where I took the Star Wars stuff...lmao.

  • @Zach-yg4tv
    @Zach-yg4tv Před 3 lety +3027

    I love how the sanitation department leader is dressed like a soviet war hero.

  • @elijahcullum1684
    @elijahcullum1684 Před 3 lety +1096

    “ you don’t smell garbage, you smell money “ I gotta use this now props to him

    • @petarpewtrovic7266
      @petarpewtrovic7266 Před 3 lety +14

      you can find almost anything in trash. once find a bag of good weed

    • @danielporter7662
      @danielporter7662 Před 3 lety +12

      @@petarpewtrovic7266 people say its a horrible job but its seems to be just fine for the right people

    • @petarpewtrovic7266
      @petarpewtrovic7266 Před 3 lety +25

      @@danielporter7662 it's like working in hospital. not for everyone

    • @giovannipelissero1886
      @giovannipelissero1886 Před 3 lety

      "Pecunia non olet"

    • @stanhogenelst2555
      @stanhogenelst2555 Před 3 lety +1

      @@petarpewtrovic7266 Can confirm. (Even some of the right people don't want to do it anymore which is concerning)

  • @JustinKayce
    @JustinKayce Před rokem +25

    This is incredible. I would so like to see this start a movement that helps dispose of trash in a way that can be beneficial on top of being healthy for the environment.

  • @cowpie9828
    @cowpie9828 Před rokem +10

    I am a dumpster diver, and I find it a shame to see many many things in the dumpsters that only requires a little handyman fix, like a window ac that only need the filter cleaned, vacumes that the hose only needs to be unplugged, furniture that only needs a little stain or paint would bring it back to life again, microwaves that only needs to be cleaned because they were to lazy to clean it so they threw it out rather than taking a few minutes to clean it. very sad.

  • @MarloSoBalJr
    @MarloSoBalJr Před 3 lety +674

    Last time I've checked, college courses doesn't provide trash pickup classes. Welcome to the real world of hard workers. Respect to these sanitation workers

    • @tde2019
      @tde2019 Před 3 lety +36

      Probably because you don’t need an education to do this job....

    • @snabsv4799
      @snabsv4799 Před 3 lety +20

      @@tde2019 exactly💀💀 idk what this guy is on about lmaoo

    • @jjettaz3
      @jjettaz3 Před 3 lety +52

      @@snabsv4799 you don’t need a college diploma to make difference in the world. That’s what “this guy is on about”
      Expand that mind of yours

    • @allencantcap1977
      @allencantcap1977 Před 3 lety +9

      @@jjettaz3 frfr

    • @miso-ge1gz
      @miso-ge1gz Před 3 lety +4

      Because it's not really that hard. It's highly likely i will end up doing something like this after failing at everything else

  • @tjlazer79
    @tjlazer79 Před 3 lety +316

    I worked on a garbage truck for three weeks. Hardest job in my life. Respect to those that do it, especially in big cities like NY.

    • @mrtoocranky56
      @mrtoocranky56 Před 3 lety +1

      Some of the guys in the trucks, are hot!

    • @k.r.99
      @k.r.99 Před 3 lety +56

      @@mrtoocranky56 What does this have to do with the above comment and who cares wether they're hot, cold, fried or baked?

    • @jackmoonie903
      @jackmoonie903 Před 3 lety +8

      @@k.r.99 lmao

    • @masteroogway2405
      @masteroogway2405 Před 3 lety +3

      @@k.r.99 😂😂😂

    • @user-pn3bp7kj6f
      @user-pn3bp7kj6f Před 3 lety +3

      @@mrtoocranky56 tf

  • @user-mw2vt4wy6c
    @user-mw2vt4wy6c Před 8 měsíci +2

    You doing great job guys❤.. Respect

  • @audrasipp7871
    @audrasipp7871 Před měsícem

    My hubby works at the one in rocklin california he got hurt a few time i respect my them for what they do 🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️❤️🥰🥰

  • @j_h_o
    @j_h_o Před 3 lety +838

    The trash cycle for people in NYC is actually super efficient. They just reabsorb it back into their personalities.

  • @20_percent
    @20_percent Před 3 lety +503

    City planning is hard, trust me. I am not a civil engineer, but | play cities skyline.

  • @bossyspaghetti
    @bossyspaghetti Před 8 měsíci +1

    I'm taking Romeo to the arcade. He's gonna get me all the prizes out of the claw game😂

  • @gooeybrain_
    @gooeybrain_ Před rokem +24

    These people are so badass. I have so much respect for these people. UNSUNG HEROES!!!!

    • @PlasticPellets
      @PlasticPellets Před rokem

      everyone is a hero....my warts on my anus are heroes

    • @dewolf123
      @dewolf123 Před 6 měsíci

      ​@@PlasticPelletsNobody is a hero until they've done something to earn the title. If you aren't brave you are no hero

  • @soundquake1363
    @soundquake1363 Před 3 lety +1686

    “If I see something that’s Star Wars and it’s good, then I’m gonna take it home.” A man of culture

    • @MartianWick
      @MartianWick Před 3 lety +7

      ye

    • @doug2496
      @doug2496 Před 3 lety +6

      Man of culture indeed.

    • @dariusdauderys6218
      @dariusdauderys6218 Před 3 lety +30

      Met some fella at a flee market and he had loads of toys. He said that everything he was selling was taken from trash. What i liked there were 8 game of thrones figures. Sadly weather damaged the boxes, but they could have been thrown out in brand new condition. Couple of them in new condition could cost 100-200$ each.

    • @blackterminal
      @blackterminal Před 2 lety +6

      Except if it's Jar jar Binks

    • @M4ShermanandCompany
      @M4ShermanandCompany Před 2 lety

      honestly!

  • @javianjohnson8746
    @javianjohnson8746 Před 3 lety +942

    This honestly is pretty good journalism. I didn't know they turned disgusting trash bags into electricity. Pretty smart thinking.

    • @thedude8046
      @thedude8046 Před 3 lety +27

      Good for reducing the co2 emissions don't you think!

    • @Dial8Transmition
      @Dial8Transmition Před 3 lety +20

      Burning trash and turning it into heat and electricity has been standard practise for a very long time now. Did you think they just threw it into the ocean or something?

    • @getin3949
      @getin3949 Před 3 lety +1

      Been going on for years, read more.

    • @educatednegro5897
      @educatednegro5897 Před 3 lety +5

      @@Dial8Transmition I thought they just buried trash deep in the ground??

    • @Asa...S
      @Asa...S Před 3 lety +15

      In Sweden only 0,8 of the garbage goes to landfills. The rest is either recycled, turned into biogas (for the city buses for instanc) or burned for electricity. We even _import_ garbage from the UK, Ireland and Norway.

  • @theworldsmostplagiarizedma2436

    There's a guy in Shanghai that figured out how to filter air pollution into a vacuum and convert them into bricks. I think every waste processing and manufacturing plants in general should adopt this technology for all of their emissions. Seems like Covanta is already pretty clean and efficient but imagine if they produced modular bricks for cheap housing out of the pollution produce from being trash. There is no such thing as "waste", only byproduct. The trick is figuring out how to utilize all the byproducts.

  • @vnelson000
    @vnelson000 Před rokem

    Thank you for this video.👏👏👏

  • @TRENDINGVIDEOSTRV
    @TRENDINGVIDEOSTRV Před 3 lety +218

    These are the people that dont get enough credit! I take my hats off to you all.

  • @zoebellanfante5017
    @zoebellanfante5017 Před 3 lety +603

    We could never survive without these men and women that’s a fact so much respect for them

    • @misterbig9025
      @misterbig9025 Před 3 lety +9

      We need more women here

    • @maddchatter30
      @maddchatter30 Před 3 lety +17

      What women? Lol

    • @2ocelyn
      @2ocelyn Před 3 lety +5

      @@maddchatter30 women like in the video

    • @maddchatter30
      @maddchatter30 Před 3 lety +41

      @@2ocelyn I saw one woman. Let’s be honest. 95% of the people doing the work you can’t survive without are men. There’s nothing wrong with acknowledging that fact.

    • @misterbig9025
      @misterbig9025 Před 3 lety +1

      @@maddchatter30 you read my mind

  • @nightshade6693
    @nightshade6693 Před rokem

    ngl at 3:50 when the guy was moving the trash with the claw it looked oddly beautiful

  • @toxicbear4792
    @toxicbear4792 Před rokem

    Wow wow wow!!!! well now I know where the trash goes.. thank you for this video it was very educational

  • @HatlessMuffin
    @HatlessMuffin Před 3 lety +404

    This type of media reporting, clean, simple, with a positive objective is how I'd like to see main stream media reform themselves into.

  • @Daniel-pc1er
    @Daniel-pc1er Před 3 lety +130

    I worked at a garbage company about 10 years ago and EVERYTHING was sorted. We had a department for e-waste, all recyclable material (from metal, cardboard, plastic, paper, aluminum cans, glass bottles, etc.) , we had a department for hazardous waste (that's was my department), wood would get thrown into a woodchipper and given away for free to anyone who wanted some, and everything that wasn't recyclable would then either get sent to a landfill or sent to another state who could then resource whatever they can get out of it. We'd sort through basically everything from all of the main town as well as the neighboring towns.

    • @GameplayRunner
      @GameplayRunner Před 3 lety +2

      Are u german 😂 ?

    • @johnnyoneye2641
      @johnnyoneye2641 Před 3 lety +3

      California??

    • @Daniel-pc1er
      @Daniel-pc1er Před 3 lety +8

      @@johnnyoneye2641 yes sir! Lol lucky guess

    • @bobspizza7444
      @bobspizza7444 Před 3 lety +5

      Not as much sorted since China stopped taking most of our recycling.

    • @p_sher12
      @p_sher12 Před 3 lety

      l didn't ask for a wikipedia page about whatever that is about

  • @myrandomlife8881
    @myrandomlife8881 Před rokem

    1:11 "you didn't smell garbage, you smell money"-Frank
    I love this quote
    4:58 YES

  • @NivedhVadde
    @NivedhVadde Před rokem +1

    i just fell so grateful for these people they work so hard

  • @maritzaledesma8104
    @maritzaledesma8104 Před 3 lety +458

    Kind of scary when you realize Woody and Buzz would’ve been burned alive for two hours

    • @kevinboseman1461
      @kevinboseman1461 Před 3 lety +3

      At first i thought an accident happened and two men fell in a trash burner. But then I remembered toy story and was like🤦 SMH, Lol

    • @Tycho47
      @Tycho47 Před 3 lety +3

      No, the little green mans picked them out

    • @marco_ramirez23_
      @marco_ramirez23_ Před 3 lety

      Fax, I didn’t even know till you reminded me.

  • @AS-zq2cq
    @AS-zq2cq Před 3 lety +134

    These workers are really underrated. Mad respect to them!

  • @selenasmith7943
    @selenasmith7943 Před rokem +1

    I would like to see bokashi and composting implemented into the waste management industry. I can imagine it would reduce trash drastically. I see it maybe neighborhoods implement a bokashi collections bin which would then properly be processed by recycling or composting companies. Better environmental impact as well as possible "free" revenue if they sell the compost to gardeners, farmers or suppliers.

  • @360conscience
    @360conscience Před rokem

    I will never look at trash the same again. This was very informative 👏.

  • @priyac7054
    @priyac7054 Před 3 lety +424

    "you don't smell garbage you smell money" NOW THAT'S THE FIRE NEW YORK SPIRIT I LOVE 🔥💙💙

  • @VellaiRoja
    @VellaiRoja Před 3 lety +483

    *The Sanitation Workers need recognitions of this sort to show people of their sacrifice & tolerability.*

    • @charlespanache7047
      @charlespanache7047 Před 3 lety +2

      Call them essential... oh wait. All kidding aside wages will never improve.

    • @Miguel.Garcia
      @Miguel.Garcia Před 3 lety +5

      Aka more pay. Stop with the recognition just give them more money

    • @AwesomeTea
      @AwesomeTea Před 3 lety +5

      @@charlespanache7047 Sanitation workers, especially public sector ones, make very good wages. Better than most Americans make. Their benefits are also pretty solid. Private sector is more hit or miss but Republic Services and Waste Management do have decent salaries and benefits.

    • @hardowider5054
      @hardowider5054 Před 3 lety +1

      None of them want more respect.
      Garbage men are happy the fact many americans despise the job, because it means more work and money for them.
      Why waste time being in school when you can make more money throwing garbage around than university graduates do.

    • @adr0hub416
      @adr0hub416 Před 3 lety

      every job does that stop acting like garbage men are military

  • @highonpie5940
    @highonpie5940 Před rokem +1

    This is why our family always gives our local garbage collectors a little gift for Christmas, they are so crucial to society

  • @StanleySweet14
    @StanleySweet14 Před rokem

    Spectacular I just love that they aren’t burying this crap, at least we’re getting energy out of it.

  • @DonnieDin
    @DonnieDin Před 3 lety +302

    The only claw in the world where you win every time

    • @smoresblocks9963
      @smoresblocks9963 Před 3 lety +5

      Lmao 😂 i mean........ thats quite true

    • @iamdabeef
      @iamdabeef Před 3 lety +3

      someone should lick it.

    • @citysaltlake
      @citysaltlake Před 3 lety +1

      Alot of claw machines have bad grip strength and that wiggly string thing

    • @jasonmilly3320
      @jasonmilly3320 Před 3 lety +1

      One man's trash is another man's treasure.

    • @722Moo
      @722Moo Před 3 lety +1

      I wonder if they've ever picked up a dead body lol

  • @frownless
    @frownless Před 3 lety +310

    Wow this feels like a field trip. Without this channel I would have had no clue what happened behind the scenes.

    • @frownless
      @frownless Před 3 lety +4

      @Max Spies thanks for the correction :)

    • @xinee22
      @xinee22 Před 3 lety +1

      @@frownless field

    • @Hitycooking
      @Hitycooking Před 3 lety

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      @hassancharo2029 Před 3 lety

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  • @chrischin_94
    @chrischin_94 Před rokem

    Amazing video. Going to show my Environmental Science and Chemistry classes this

  • @r.carter7507
    @r.carter7507 Před rokem

    "how important am i? i am, THE GUY" 🤣🤣 savage

  • @LetsGoCanada
    @LetsGoCanada Před 3 lety +2098

    Imagine pirates accidentally looting this cargo ship.
    Pirate one - show me the money. I can smell it.
    Pirate two - bruhhh. 😖

  • @kurtkaster5666
    @kurtkaster5666 Před 3 lety +63

    I can't help but think part of the problem IS that "once the garbage man comes and picks it up, you don't think any more about it". That disconnect has to drive a blasé attitude about generating waste.

  • @j4hnissi
    @j4hnissi Před rokem +1

    i love how he says "you dont smell garbage you smell money"

  • @cynthiacarter532
    @cynthiacarter532 Před měsícem

    I never thought much about how much trash we generate until our area in Oregon started recycling. Hopefully we can recycle textiles someday as well.

  • @johns1187
    @johns1187 Před 2 lety +1648

    Not sure you all realize how well done this video was. Personally, I've seen a lot of videos and books in my Waste Management days. This is one of the simplest, yet, very professional and well informative.

    • @henryrowe7955
      @henryrowe7955 Před 2 lety +10

      I also enjoyed the video, but the way they portray the plant as reducing CO2 is just plain wrong. They say the carbon filters absorb pollutants, but they leave out the percentages, and then go on to say how 'nitrogen' is released from the chimney when in reality it's massively polluting. A good video however it seems like they're pushing the agenda of this specific waste management company. Imo.

    • @carsonlujan8134
      @carsonlujan8134 Před 2 lety +7

      Nitrogen isn’t actually polluting. Nitrogen is the most abundant gas we breath, it takes up approximately 78% of the atmosphere. It’s also very essential for living organisms. Especially plants.
      Lastly, this facility definitely produces less CO2 than an open landfill does.

    • @henryrowe7955
      @henryrowe7955 Před 2 lety +1

      @@carsonlujan8134 I think you've misunderstood what I said. The video makes it sound like nitrogen and 'normal air' is what comes out of the chimey, but in reality it's very polluting.

    • @micro11.
      @micro11. Před 2 lety

      Lift smelly trash and cash out seems like a good job
      And i also love how theres a trash general

    • @ahabduennschitz7670
      @ahabduennschitz7670 Před 2 lety

      im 10

  • @yazmurata.4311
    @yazmurata.4311 Před 3 lety +527

    These people make a lot of money and most importantly get rid of the city's filth but people still try to use them as an example of dropping out

    • @thugginpopsicle7279
      @thugginpopsicle7279 Před 3 lety +62

      Take the scene from the Biggie movie. His teacher told him that he would wind up a garbage man making $28k a year and found out that teachers made $24k, and did the math in front of the class to show the class how stupid his teacher was.

    • @oo-zo4sk
      @oo-zo4sk Před 3 lety +20

      I know people who have graduated with a bachelor's, and chose to work in public service, and i also know people who drop out and become successful! Its infuriating that anyone would use these people as "drop out" examples. They are an integral part od our society, helping to keep US SAFE.

    • @TillsRojas7
      @TillsRojas7 Před 3 lety +3

      @Clevelandtx2 langleyRd That’s pretty dumb and an even dumber economic choice.

    • @WetAdek
      @WetAdek Před 3 lety

      @@thugginpopsicle7279 never watched this, hilarious story though

    • @TillsRojas7
      @TillsRojas7 Před 3 lety +1

      @Clevelandtx2 langleyRd Sorry as loser

  • @antoniovitale9770
    @antoniovitale9770 Před rokem

    “You dont smell garbage, you smell money” GOAT QUOTE FROM FRANK!!!!!!

  • @shariffbutt927
    @shariffbutt927 Před rokem

    Hard work really appreciate NYC from Brooklyn NY

  • @AllenFreemanMediaGuru
    @AllenFreemanMediaGuru Před 3 lety +304

    It's true. I was a garbage man making money in the summers during college. Eventually your nose shuts down. Year's later I don’t smell much unless I stop and try to smell something.

    • @kimbaldun
      @kimbaldun Před 3 lety +54

      Do you smell money?

    • @eddycarpenter8989
      @eddycarpenter8989 Před 3 lety +17

      Imagine what the smell will be like when China attacks our power grid and shuts all of this down

    • @gamigam6420
      @gamigam6420 Před 3 lety +1

      Helped me to help my family, we are poor and I want to change our life, fund my transport project in my country please😢😥 or give me alms😞 don't take me for a scammer I just need to be helped

    • @kz6713
      @kz6713 Před 3 lety +6

      @@gamigam6420 get a job then bum Im loading a truck right making shit money but atleast Im trying

    • @Creek_Hunter
      @Creek_Hunter Před 3 lety

      @@eddycarpenter8989 Queue in the social justice warriors in 3,2,1......Not everyone digs sarcasm.

  • @667DOOM
    @667DOOM Před 3 lety +240

    frank got the right attitude. "thats my workout"
    over here i noticed one african garbageman, he loves his job so much, the guy is literally dancing, on the truck, on the way to the bins, when he empties them and when hes back on the truck.
    ive never seen someone do such a job with such dedication and happiness.

    • @ObsoleteTutorials
      @ObsoleteTutorials Před 3 lety +6

      Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs says these are some of the happiest people on Earth. An honest day's work man, an honest day's work.

    • @bape890
      @bape890 Před 3 lety +5

      That's the difference of doing an actual, important honest day's work. No pretending required for these folk.

    • @Sy-X
      @Sy-X Před 3 lety +15

      @Aaron jkbjhknmnkn he never said the guy’s race mattered he just described what the guy looked like, you’re the one who is trying to make it seem like the guy’s race mattered/turn this into some political thing when nothing he said had anything to do with that

    • @elic1356
      @elic1356 Před 3 lety +10

      @Aaron jkbjhknmnkn Why does politics ("liberals") matter. You bring politics into everything, especially when it's irrelevant to the following conversation.

    • @godsinbox
      @godsinbox Před 3 lety +1

      union protected job for life. He'd be happy

  • @vanessahello9888
    @vanessahello9888 Před rokem

    wow well made video explaining it all, makes sense why we get charged for garbage! Thank you boys for the hard work!!

  • @divinedragon88
    @divinedragon88 Před rokem

    Very educational video on what our trash can do. It's nice to know the trash does turn into energy.

  • @rxsydreams302
    @rxsydreams302 Před 3 lety +438

    I can feel the Toy Story Movie coming to life.

  • @gilangak4525
    @gilangak4525 Před 3 lety +98

    "If you know where it's going, and then you don't like where it's going. Maybe you'll find ways to recycle things"
    I like that❤️

    • @darrickwhite1986
      @darrickwhite1986 Před 3 lety +1

      8:31 I literally was at this part, reading your comment.

  • @chinoman9861
    @chinoman9861 Před rokem

    I worked for McAllister tugboats on Stanton island north end & we had a contract to haul barges from the city to the transfer station fresh kills & it looks alot better from when i worked there the old dump was open & i have never seen so many sea gulls in my life

  • @cgag6550
    @cgag6550 Před rokem

    Romeo will be my go to man for the "Claw machines and toy crane vending machines"

  • @clintoruss153
    @clintoruss153 Před 2 lety +1294

    The Claw, you have saved our lives we are eternally grateful.

  • @harishdavinci8290
    @harishdavinci8290 Před 3 lety +193

    Thank you to the people who’s involved in these process. Good men and women

    • @slothjones2612
      @slothjones2612 Před 3 lety +5

      I've always had respect for my garbage guy. But this has given me a mad new respect for them. I'll make it my duty to make water ziploc baggie with a water and maybe fruit inside to hand to them weekly.

    • @AbdulGabagool83
      @AbdulGabagool83 Před 3 lety +3

      Underpaid heroes, I wish society would overall pay laborers better, they're admirable positions

    • @grantOfCards
      @grantOfCards Před 3 lety

      @@AbdulGabagool83 gucci

    • @gcproducts1649
      @gcproducts1649 Před 3 lety

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    • @Dredgen-Yor
      @Dredgen-Yor Před 3 lety

      @@AbdulGabagool83 Not only we don't pay them well, we also tend to look down on them (they have no social status). I personally have more respect for garbage men, truck drivers, farmers, teachers etc... than some politician or some corporate ceo.

  • @spencerbrown6214
    @spencerbrown6214 Před rokem +1

    Ya, I love the idea of not creating any garbage or food waste in the first place or at least the smallest amount possible 🙌👍👊🌎⭐️⭐️

  • @PD-fe7dz
    @PD-fe7dz Před rokem +1

    I remember before direct deposit and debit cards, my husband was a truck driver. He hauled garbage from NY to California. On the trip back he would pick up loads of money, mostly coins in Vegas to bring back to the east, so that they could be evenly distributed. He never smelled trash, he and the convoy always smelled. 🤑🤑🤑 If you didn't get on drugs in the 70's you made good money back then. A lot of the drivers worked for more prestigious companies, like my husband worked for Greyhound. He took off that gray suit and threw on those jeans, and hit the road jack!!! 😁

  • @Humble_Merchant
    @Humble_Merchant Před 3 lety +446

    New York's largest export is trash to the surprise of nobody.

    • @shmodzilla
      @shmodzilla Před 3 lety +18

      Cuomo did a great job of making sure nothing else was being made here.

    • @jmf5246
      @jmf5246 Před 3 lety

      To poor new yorkers!

    • @chrisporter9397
      @chrisporter9397 Před 3 lety +5

      @@shmodzilla Let's not pretend it's the current mayor that turned New York into a cesspool. The cities been a problem for decades

    • @xcesive8614
      @xcesive8614 Před 3 lety +2

      @@chrisporter9397 he certainly is making it worse though

  • @eliburlingame19
    @eliburlingame19 Před 3 lety +155

    My dad works in the removal of methane gas from landfills which then is used to make clean energy and he was talking about how the ash that is put on the landfills is horrible because it stops the flow of the methane(basically like a dead layer)and when it hardens, it's like rock and creates water drainage issues.

    • @bluescripts100
      @bluescripts100 Před 3 lety

      You should try to see if you can get higher up in the food chain to see if youcanr stop

    • @hunterhq295
      @hunterhq295 Před 3 lety +4

      I've seen some some landfills get dirt cover over them and the land reclaimed to grow trees over.

    • @aaronlandry3934
      @aaronlandry3934 Před 3 lety +3

      @@hunterhq295 Yeah, that’s what’s usually done. I don’t know why anyone would use ash made of burned garbage instead of dirt? How do you expect things to grow over the landfill if you use garbage as soil?

    • @mdapplekhan4111
      @mdapplekhan4111 Před 3 lety

      @@aaronlandry3934 ইংলিশ

  • @gnir6518
    @gnir6518 Před 9 měsíci

    Tony wasn’t kidding about waste management

  • @gitknownmedia3655
    @gitknownmedia3655 Před rokem +3

    Anyone working in sanitation needs a lot more respect to help lead to this “zero waste” future but if we treat them poorly like society tends to do then it’ll never scale

  • @IncredibleMD
    @IncredibleMD Před 3 lety +297

    "So why does NYC send its trash so far away?"
    New Jersey got filled up and sick of NYC dumping their trash here. The even tried to make it illegal, but the Supreme Court said New Jersey did not have the right to not be NYC's landfill.

    • @nosky2142
      @nosky2142 Před 3 lety +9

      It’s the whole story, it’s the big picture, not even an entire city wants to take care of their trash, let alone you and me and he.

    • @jtit2025
      @jtit2025 Před 3 lety +10

      the world revolves around NYC

    • @lesmach6495
      @lesmach6495 Před 3 lety +3

      We don't care, just send it some flyover state.

    • @darealist690
      @darealist690 Před 3 lety +3

      @@lesmach6495 like New Jersey

    • @wanaraz
      @wanaraz Před 3 lety

      Did NJ sign a 100 year lease?

  • @xeli3046
    @xeli3046 Před 3 lety +333

    "What ever we throw away, it's Jersey's problem now" - NYC, probably.

  • @lovelove9108
    @lovelove9108 Před rokem +1

    The woman at 4:44 is right. “We create a lot of garbages as a population “!
    Great video. Very educational!!!
    Please try to make this video in various languages to educate everyone from every city, especially New Yorkers!!!

  • @thatmalecna9895
    @thatmalecna9895 Před 8 měsíci

    I’m a utility operator at winwaste a waste to energy plant people have no idea how mush trash we burn. It’s insane

  • @ishouldbestudying251
    @ishouldbestudying251 Před 3 lety +208

    they deserve all the respect and a crown on their heads for what they’re doing, we owe them

  • @kingoffeel333
    @kingoffeel333 Před 3 lety +172

    I can’t imagine the smell 😷
    Huge respect to all of those people that keep our cities clean👏👏👏👏
    Very amazing recycle ♻️ process ✌🏼👍🏽

    • @weirdchickalert
      @weirdchickalert Před 3 lety +6

      I actually went to one in Australia coz in Brisbane they have warehouses where residents can take chunks of waste, and omigosh the smell was so bad that my eyes watered and my lungs felt like someone was squeezing it.

    • @jdoritohead4983
      @jdoritohead4983 Před 3 lety

      They used to it after a while

    • @TheManuu02
      @TheManuu02 Před 3 lety

      This is not recycling! That's burning resources which could be recycled...

    • @kingoffeel333
      @kingoffeel333 Před 3 lety +1

      @@TheManuu02
      Recycle back to mother nature with minimum impact to our environment. Less gas release to the atmosphere 👍🏽

  • @lilesmw
    @lilesmw Před rokem

    This is an excellent video.

  • @velcrow101
    @velcrow101 Před rokem

    Very thankful for the men and women working in this business 🙏

  • @TheBanjoShowOfficial
    @TheBanjoShowOfficial Před 3 lety +270

    Highschool senior quote by romeo- "I want to become a giant claw expert"
    15 years later-

    • @DJWixel
      @DJWixel Před 3 lety +1

      @Rik Mehta ok? good luck i guess👋

    • @babababababa9439
      @babababababa9439 Před 3 lety +2

      @Rik Mehta Too late I did it with her yesterday

    • @davoz9773
      @davoz9773 Před 3 lety

      @Rik Mehta stay hydrated and stay focused !!

    • @k089er
      @k089er Před 3 lety

      @Rik Mehta good luck bro :D

    • @paulsuprono7225
      @paulsuprono7225 Před 3 lety

      Symbolic family talk, I'm lovin it ! 🤗😎

  • @VEE3RDEYE
    @VEE3RDEYE Před 3 lety +2222

    This video is excellent

    • @oo-zo4sk
      @oo-zo4sk Před 3 lety +8

      I agree

    • @e2dwf976
      @e2dwf976 Před 3 lety +8

      They should do this to the whole World 👍

    • @kaimas1005
      @kaimas1005 Před 3 lety +3

      after this video feels like make trash is good xd

    • @du4lstrik3
      @du4lstrik3 Před 3 lety +14

      Another worthless comment from a verified CZcamsr.

    • @gulllll
      @gulllll Před 3 lety

      All of insiders videos are

  • @billi5820
    @billi5820 Před rokem

    Shoutout to the everyday workers doing the dirty jobs. I love and appreciate you all helping the world turn.

  • @jeanvielot
    @jeanvielot Před rokem +1

    This is fascinating!

  • @Dante.
    @Dante. Před 3 lety +379

    Everyone needs to see this. Hopefully more people would think twice before just throwing something away man

    • @onekoolfella
      @onekoolfella Před 3 lety +41

      or even purchasing it in the first place.

    • @Dante.
      @Dante. Před 3 lety +7

      @@onekoolfella EXACTLY!!!!

    • @jamesgizasson
      @jamesgizasson Před 3 lety +24

      Yes. Burning it for power is a good idea. But we need to develop better sorting and recycling too. Japan does it; I learned more about recycling from anime than I ever did in school! X3

    • @jhowardsupporter
      @jhowardsupporter Před 3 lety +1

      I produce zero rubbish. I avoid meat with bones usually, Nike shoes go to Nike Grind, tech goes to tech recycling. I don't even compost.

    • @commoveo1
      @commoveo1 Před 3 lety +7

      So true yet so many of us run blind until the very sad ending encompass their lifestyle. Big corporations should investigate better ways of packaging etc. which leads to so much waste. Our society is as if a drunken driver is at the wheel running wildly to a bitter end no man knows or could comprehend its bitter end. God save us if it were even possible. ✌️