cleanup

Before the party even ended, crews were out picking up trash and collecting recyclables. By Sunday afternoon, Zürich was back to its usual clean, quiet, buttoned-up self.

glass pick-up

I was at the office trying to talk on the phone, when I heard this loud, loud, loud, shattering sound. I looked out the window and saw the glass recycling containers being emptied into the truck. We're supposed to sort our glass by color--so note that the back of the truck has three different sections corresponding to each of the different types glass containers: one for green, one for brown, and one for clear glass.

underground garbage

Workers gettting ready to install an underground household garbage disposal container in the Old Town. Trash must be placed in a specially marked, pricey garbage bag called 'Züri-Sack' which is essentially a trash tax encouraging people to produce less waste. So that's where the trash ends up .... And all this time I thought there were underground gnomes collecting the city's garbage, making sure we used the proper Züri-Sack and separated our trash from our recyclables properly. oh, wait a minute....I guess I got it all mixed up...the gnomes are for the gold...

recycled gondolas

These old gondola cabins from a ski resort are now part of a lakeside playground. You can see the ski holders on either side of each door.