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Trash collectors stay busy during holidays
Workers see gifts, perfectly good items tossed
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Anthony Towe, a truck driver, spends about 10 hours behind the wheel during the busiest times of year for Red Oak Sanitation Service. The most hectic weeks of the year come any time between Thanksgiving and right after the new year begins. - photo by Erin O. Smith
For trash collectors, the weeks before and after Christmas are like Black Friday for retail workers. “It’s a crazy time of year for us,” said Tim Citrone, consultant for business development at Red Oak Sanitation Service. “It’s difficult for our guys to take off to spend time with their families.”