That proficiency has emerged despite the controls in the driver’s compartment resembling those of a Boeing 747 with numerous buttons and switches to oversee.īut driver Lee Wright and fellow employee Josh Lyons deftly emptied a cart on Bluemont Road through the process involving a mechanical arm attaching to a trash container and moving it toward a large bin at the front of the Mack truck.
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“The drivers have picked it up really good, I think,” Jarrell said, explaining that the July 6 start dates gives employees time to both train and learn the best way to run the city’s garbage routes. “We’ve been training,” city Sanitation Supervisor Russell Jarrell advised Wednesday while headed to East Bluemont Road where the capabilities of one of the trucks were exhibited.
However, crews have been making some practice runs to get the hang of the automated trucks and equipment. The automated system doesn’t officially begin until July 6. That includes the new trucks with a price tag of $760,000 which recently arrived. The costs of implementing it, including eliminating garbage collector positions through attrition or personnel shifts, are expected to eventually offset the expenses of the change. Mount Airy’s move to automation - eyed since 2019 - is motivated by both safety and financial considerations. This is being replaced with a new system in which carts are side-loaded using controls inside the cab without exposing personnel to traffic and other hazards associated with the traditional hands-on emptying of garbage from outside.
Most people are familiar with the traditional means of collection whereby sanitation workers empty trash carts into the rear of a truck, then grab a spot on the side of the vehicle to hang precariously while traveling to the next residence where more containers await. Trash collection is going high-tech in Mount Airy in the form of two new automated garbage trucks recently joining the fleet of the city Public Works Department.
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