Bin lorries....
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It's the line of bin juice that follows it that stinks
Lol. Guess I walked into this one 
I was just wondering that they must be a breeding ground for all sorts of bacteria and disease potentially? Not the food scrap particularly, but what about all the other things that go in bins?
I was just wondering that they must be a breeding ground for all sorts of bacteria and disease potentially? Not the food scrap particularly, but what about all the other things that go in bins?
This is like when people go into public toilets and complain that it smells bad.
What do you expect? About 200 hundred people peeing, ****** and ****** with little aircon next to eachother.
And yes, the bin lorries are washed. They have to get inside them and clean them all out. Unfortunately because they're used nigh-on every day, it's very hard to keep them clean and a lot of it is just lingering smell/stains.
What do you expect? About 200 hundred people peeing, ****** and ****** with little aircon next to eachother.
And yes, the bin lorries are washed. They have to get inside them and clean them all out. Unfortunately because they're used nigh-on every day, it's very hard to keep them clean and a lot of it is just lingering smell/stains.
There is a case for them cleaning them actually. Contrary to your 'its a bin lorry it smells' argument.
If you can smell it, potentially you could be exposed to airborne pathogens which could be breeding inside said bin lorry. While that may not be a high risk to joe bloggs, to the crew around it who have a high exposure time, it could be dangerous.
If you've ever been in a car where the water for the windscreen hasn't been treated with a windscreen wash. When you use it you can smell a nasty rotten smell. What your smelling is potentially dangerous pathogens and biological waste products, such as legionella. All breeding like mad in that lovely warm water
If you can smell it, potentially you could be exposed to airborne pathogens which could be breeding inside said bin lorry. While that may not be a high risk to joe bloggs, to the crew around it who have a high exposure time, it could be dangerous.
If you've ever been in a car where the water for the windscreen hasn't been treated with a windscreen wash. When you use it you can smell a nasty rotten smell. What your smelling is potentially dangerous pathogens and biological waste products, such as legionella. All breeding like mad in that lovely warm water
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Bin juice is a lovely cocktail of the liquid contents of nappies, rotting food slurry, partially dissolved batteries and whatever other crud people decide to put in their bins. I wouldn't let it get on you if you can help it.
So it's basically Stella.
Lol. Guess I walked into this one
I was just wondering that they must be a breeding ground for all sorts of bacteria and disease potentially? Not the food scrap particularly, but what about all the other things that go in bins?
Perhaps, but does it matter if they are? Unless you intend to eat your lunch out of it, I don't see the issue.
The bin men have a glass when they finish work and it hasn’t killed any of them yet.
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I don't think the bin lorries leak stuff onto the road here, if they do it's nothing smelly as i can't smell it the morning after they come. One thing they need to do is sort out the brakes on the lorry that does my route as they're squeaky and loud wake me up every wednesday at 2am ish. I live next to a doctors surgery so when the bin lorry comes to empty their waste it has to do a 509382 point turn in the car park. 
I bet the freshly squeezed variant has not only a significant amount of wife-beating nutrients, but also a more heady, nutty taste.