René's old blog

Seagulls fleeing a dog in the Via Garibaldi

Garbage collection – Venetian style

—

by

Photo Walks Archive
in

Garbage collection in Venice is unique in that it is almost entirely done by hand, door to door.

Both the carts and the workers are ubiquitous in the morning hours around Venice, and so is also, unfortunately, the garbage.  It is often left outside for hours before being picked up, to the immense joy of seagulls and pantegane (rats).

Garbage collector in the Via Garibaldi with his hand drawn cart.
Garbage collector in the Via Garibaldi with his hand drawn cart.
Garbage collection by hand pushed cart in the winter in Via Garibaldi in Venice
Garbage collection by hand pushed cart in the winter in Via Garibaldi in Venice

Comments

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

To respond on your own website, enter the URL of your response which should contain a link to this post’s permalink URL. Your response will then appear (possibly after moderation) on this page. Want to update or remove your response? Update or delete your post and re-enter your post’s URL again. (Find out more about Webmentions.)