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Garbage collection in the City of Denver comes in three flavors: Automated side loading with carts, Automated side loading with dumpsters, and Rear loading (manual). What collection type your residence gets depends on whether you have an alley, how narrow that alley is, what kind of overhead power lines or trees there are, etc. The city is moving away from the shared dumpster method, trying to implement collection from carts (using automated side loaders) wherever possible. Where that still is impossible or not practical, the city collects trash with a rear loading truck, three workers, and traditional customer-provided garbage bins. Because of route characteristics like overhead obstructions, it seems that manual collection is 'here to stay' in limited areas.
This transition to carts--wherever possible--is thought to reduce injuries, reduce dumpster-related accidents, and increase route efficiency. The city could nearly eliminate side-loading dumpsters, along with graffiti and illegal dumping that dumpsters attract in Denver's many alleys. Furthermore, the transition to individual carts dovetails with Denver's Zero Waste goal, or the movement to offer all residents recycling and organic waste collection and minimize actual trash sent to landfill. As a whole, Colorado's diversion rate is lower than all but three states in the entire country. Without a PAYT (Pay-As-You-Throw) System, Denver isn't much of a vanguard for the state improving its waste diversion rate. A system wherein each resident has individual carts for waste, however, lends itself best to creating waste reduction incentives.
For those interested in CSL statistics: one load = 8 tons, or roughly 8 blocks. I reckon this means filling up faster than an ASL, in other words more trips/day to dump. Maybe in that way the ASL system with carts is more efficient, especially if an Amrep Automated is able to cram more in a load (one driver told me those get about 9t). Video filmed October 2014, July 2015, November 2015, and April 2016.