#waste management trash truck

[canadianempirerecycling23]

Essential Tips for Efficient Trash Truck Services in BC Waste Management

Waste management plays a crucial role in maintaining environmental sustainability, and efficient trash truck services are at the forefront of this responsibility. In British Columbia, the picturesque landscapes demand a high standard of waste management to preserve the natural beauty of the region. Canadian Empire Recycling, as a leading waste management company in BC, understands the importance of optimizing trash truck services for effective waste disposal. In this blog, we will explore essential tips to enhance the efficiency of waste management trash truck services in BC, ensuring a cleaner and greener British Columbia. Read More.

[dougielombax]

Weaponised garbage truck.

[rent-bin]

RENTBIN AIRDRIE

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[sacramentohistorymuseum]

June 17th is Global Garbage Man Day! This day honors the men and women in the waste management profession, especially those that travel down your street once a week to collect waste.

For today, Howard letterpress printed an image from a halftone of an old garbage truck. This cut is from the Frank Cowsert Collection. The text below the truck states “Global Garbage Man Day” and was typeset in 24 point Stymie Bold Condensed font. We hope Howard made a good impression for today and that this print isn’t trash. This was printed with rhodamine red rubber base ink using our Washington hand press.

Halftones were used to introduce photography in newspapers and books starting in the late 1880s. The pictures in halftones are broken into a series of equally spaced dots of varying size.

[reasonsforhope]

"A new community housing development in the Bronx will feature a cool piece of kit: an on-site aerobic digester that can turn 1,100 pounds of food scraps into 220 pounds of high-quality fertilizer every single day.

Built by Harp Renewables, it’s basically a big stomach filled with bacteria that breaks down food scraps and wasted food into their component parts, and in the future could be a standard part of all apartment units as the amount of food waste in American reaches 30% of the total mass of all trash collection.

The Peninsula, organized by Gilbane Development Company, will feature 740 units of affordable housing, 50,000 square-foot light industrial space and equal sized green space, and 15,000 feet of commercial space, all of which will send their castaway comestibles right into the digester...

Fast Company reports that Christina Grace, founder of a zero-waste food management company, helped plan the design and implementation of the digester into The Peninsula, and helped organize a 40% grant from the city to pay the $50,000 upfront cost.

“The goal is for this material to work its way into the community garden network in the Bronx,” [Christina Grace, who helped plan the design] told the magazine, adding that she expects it to pay for itself over just a few years. “We see this as highly replicable in both commercial and residential venues. We know there’s a need for fertilizer.”

Producing fertilizer right there in the city reduces the need for it to be trucked in from afar, chipping away, even if just a bit, at NYC traffic.

Big problem solver

Perhaps uniquely beneficial to New York City compared to other spots in the U.S. is that the digester will have a significant impact on the Bronx’s share of the city’s rodent problem.

Those who’ve watched the Morgan Spurlock documentary Rats will understand why that’s significant—while those that haven’t will have to imagine what living in a megacity where rats outnumber people by around 8 or 10 to 1 looks like.

Another big problem the bio-digesters could potentially help is pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. Fertilizer is a big emitter of all three of the most-targeted GHGs. Fertilizer, like quarry dust and ammonia is, like so many commodities, often imported from countries who specialize in its production, such as Norway, but also Russia and Ukraine, whose conflict has recently highlighted the fragility of the supply chain with sharp increases in prices...

Bio-digesters by design keep the CO2 and methane in the fertilizer produced, rather than it entering the atmosphere.

For these reasons and more, the aerobic bio-digester is slowly making its way into residential and industrial spaces around the country.

GNN reported on an enormous bio-digester at the heart of the D.C. advanced resource (sewage) recovery center outside the capital, and on the use of bio-digesters on Australian pig farms which are helping reduce the environmental and psychological impact of the effluent produced from such operations.

Harp Renewables tweeted how happy they were to have installed their bio-digester in the town of Cashel, Ireland.

Expect to see more stories like this pop up around the globe."

-via Good News Network, March 17, 2022

Note: Obviously gentrification bad and "affordable housing" is sometimes nowhere near as affordable as it should be, etc. etc. That said, this is such a fantastic use case that I felt I had to post it anyway.

[seat-safety-switch]

Everyone knows me at the dump. I don’t mean this in a bragging sort of way. In fact, I hate this fact. The reason why everyone knows me at the dump is that Mr. Jones, the dump operator, has posted the CCTV footage and blurry cell-phone camera pictures of my face on the break room wall. Even the youngest probie at the dump will look at me, every morning, while they wait for the coffee machine to dispense their mandatory cup of black joy.

You can probably guess why this has happened to me. I love junk, and the dump has a lot of that junk. To me, it is offensive that the dump hoards that junk. They keep it from me, using excuses like “sanitation” and “safety,” but safety is my middle name. If they would just give me a chance, then I would be the best they’ve ever seen. I’d even remove and sort the little lithium-ion vape batteries that haven’t exploded yet, out of gratitude.

Of course, we both know why I’m digging through trash at the dump. I don’t want old Betamax VCRs, or mouldy cardboard boxes heralding products from a bygone era. Well, I do, but I don’t want them more than I want a two-stroke dirt bike, and I’ve seen tons of those over the years get callously tossed into the debris pile by the great unwashed. They’re always getting thrown out for little reasons, like “carb jet plugged,” or “caught on fire,” or “couldn’t get anyone to buy it on Craigslist for septuple the market value so I threw it away out of spite.” I could save these bikes, and to be not allowed to save them is literal torture.

Just like anyone else would in my shoes, I started wearing elaborate disguises to the dump. Sometimes I could loot one, and throw it into the back of my car, and be gone before the dump operators (there weren’t even security guards yet, back then) could catch up to me. I had enough disguises – and enough cars – that I could pull this off for a little while. Then, used cars got really expensive, and the folks in my neighbourhood started using security fasteners to hold on their license plates. I started to escape by tighter and tighter scrapes, until one fateful day.

That bastard Jones figured me out. He came from Chicago, of all places, a city which I’m pretty sure doesn’t even have a dump. And he knew my kind. He set a trap: an agonizingly pristine, 1989 Yamaha XT225. Sure, it was a four-stroke, but it was still love at first sight. It was planted right on top of one of the big piles of disposable diapers, visible even from the highway. Even knowing it was a trap, I made plans for months to grab it.

The joke’s on him, though. I’ve started my own private dump, and I’ve paid the government to start outsourcing dump operations to me. We’re an extremely efficient operation, much more affordable for the taxpayer than the wasteful public dump. How so, you ask? Well, we are much more selective with what waste we accept, and we wrote one helluva contract, which had a bunch of big words that confused the gin-addled politicos that signed it out of desperation to meet their “lower taxes” pledge.

Here’s how it works. We charge the city hundreds of thousands of dollars a month, and we get first pick of any internal combustion engines that are in the back of the garbage trucks. Everything else goes down the road to the regular dump. We’re making a fortune. If we keep putting out numbers like this, I’m sure there will soon be layoffs over at Jones’ shithole. Hell, maybe I’ll even hire him to manage security around these parts. Can’t have anyone walking off with my good trash.

[yanderemommabean]

I hate my store manager.

We waste so much food because of how many trucks we get lately and instead of just giving it away ((because it’s not even expired food. It’s good food struggling people like me and others could use like canned goods and such))

She throws it away, but takes it a step further. She pours bleach all over it, cuts open the bags, goes through each individual trash bag we have to use to throw the food away and makes sure NO ONE can even try to get anything.

I know there’s some things we can’t eat or take away, I get that, but this good food is being tossed because of poor planning and her actual hate for low income and homeless people.

I try and code the trash bags for certain days she doesn’t work so there’s a CHANCE someone can get food that’s still good, and fuck it I’ll admit it, I let people who can’t afford certain stuff at checkout just take some stuff for free, I try to make sure struggling people aren’t struggling as much. I pretend to scan items or I just flat out change the price because this economy is shit and I can’t believe a person like my manager is in charge and throwing away PERFECTLY GOOD FOOD because she can’t TELL THE TRUCKS TO NOT COME.

Our back room will be impacted by this week and if I see one more jug of store bleach opened on food I quit. I find that truly disgusting. I hate it here I hate this fucking dystopian nightmare.

-Mommabean

[hometoursandotherstuff]

After posting the photo of the MacKenzie-Childs furniture on the curb with the trash in New York City, I decided to revisit NYC’s Museum of Trash.  On the 2nd floor of the MANEAST11 garbage truck garage is a collection of trash collected & curated by retired sanitation worker Nelson Molina over his 34 yr. career.

There are over 40,000 pieces in the collection. I learned that NYC now has a vision for a real Sanitation Museum and is working with a team of experts to make it a reality, so it is currently closed to the public.

The goal is to educate the public about waste reduction and management; promote sustainable solutions for New York City’s waste issue; and celebrate the Dept. of Sanitation’s vital role in maintaining a clean, safe, healthy, and livable city.

Nelson began picking things from the trash to decorate his little corner of the garage.

It quickly caught on and some of his fellow coworkers began adding weird little pieces to his collection, too.

“Stealing” things from the trash for personal use is a big no-no in the world of sanitation.

Look at all the sports memorabilia. 

Because the collection was for the private viewing of sanitation workers, it was allowed to stay. 

Dolls, riding toys, framed posters.

Before the city started to work on a real museum, the public was allowed to contact the Dept. of Sanitation to request access to it. Sanitation workers are allowed to visit any time.

Look at the hero figures.

Xmas things that people threw out.

The garden area.

Religious artifacts.

Look at all the vintage chairs- Bentwood, caned, antique wood. This is how some New Yorkers furnish their apts.- dragging stuff home from the street. 

Vintage hardware like candlesticks.

Art galore, old typewriters, musical instruments. They have it all. I could not come here, I would want to take things home. 

And, look at these- someone threw away female body building trophies, for some reason. 

https://www.sanitationfoundation.org/cultural-programs

[menmusthave]

8 Best Car Accessories for Your Car

1. HOTOR Car Trash Can with Lid and Storage Pockets

Stay Organized and Clean: This multipurpose car trash can keeps your vehicle free from clutter and mess. It features an adjustable strap that can be attached to either the front or back headrest, or the center console, making it accessible for everyone in the car. The magnetic snaps inside allow for easy replacement of trash bags, while the durable, leak-proof inner lining protects your car from spills.

Versatile and Compatible: Not only does the HOTOR car trash can help you manage your waste, but it also doubles as a storage bag for other items such as cups, toys, and accessories. It’s perfect for use in sedans, SUVs, and trucks, ensuring your car’s interior stays neat and tidy.

2. 27Pcs Car Detailing Kit

All-In-One Cleaning Solution: The 27Pcs Car Detailing Kit is a comprehensive set of car cleaning tools that ensures every nook and cranny of your vehicle is spotless. From detailing brushes and drill attachments to wire brushes and washing mitts, this kit has everything you need to clean your car’s interior, exterior, and even the wheels.

Versatile Tools for Every Task: This kit includes a variety of tools, such as car detailing brushes, microfiber towels, and polishing pads, making it easy to address any cleaning concerns you might have. It’s a great gift for car enthusiasts and a valuable addition to your car care arsenal.

3. Qifutan Car Phone Holder Mount

Secure Your Phone: The Qifutan Car Phone Holder Mount is a 3-in-1 solution that can be mounted on your windshield, dashboard, or air vent for convenient hands-free access to your phone. The strong suction cup and heat-resistant TPU material keep your phone securely in place, even on bumpy roads.

Adjustable and Flexible: With a 360-degree ball joint and adjustable telescopic arm, you can easily adjust the holder to your preferred angle. The one-touch release button makes it simple to use your phone while driving, providing a safer and more enjoyable experience.

4. MORNYRAY Waterproof Car Cover

Protect Your Car from the Elements: The MORNYRAY Waterproof Car Cover offers all-weather protection for your vehicle, guarding it against dirt, tree sap, bird droppings, and more. Made with high-quality, wear-resistant materials, this car cover ensures your car stays in excellent condition.

Waterproof and Windproof: This car cover features an elasticized hem and fixed buckles to keep it securely in place, even in strong winds. The UV-resistant layer helps protect the cover from fading and extends its service life. Plus, the cover comes with a storage bag for easy transport and storage.

5. NOCO Boost Plus GB40 1000A UltraSafe Car Battery Jump Starter

Start Dead Batteries with Ease: The NOCO Boost Plus GB40 is a compact, yet powerful car battery jump starter that can safely revive a dead battery in seconds. With up to 20 jump starts on a single charge, this 1000-amp lithium battery jump starter is rated for gasoline engines up to 6.0 liters and diesel engines up to 3.0 liters.

Safety and Multi-Functionality: The jump starter features spark-proof technology and reverse polarity protection, making it safe and easy to use. It’s also a portable power bank and LED flashlight, allowing you to recharge USB devices and illuminate your surroundings. Its rugged, water-resistant enclosure and lightweight design make it a reliable companion on any journey.

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6. Car Air Freshener Vent Clip

Customize Your Fragrance Experience: This car air freshener vent clip allows you to personalize your car’s scent by using your preferred perfume or essential oil. The innovative push-switch design lets you control when and how much fragrance you release, making it easy to achieve your desired scent concentration.

Cost-Efficient and Convenient: By using your own fragrance, you can save on the recurring costs of pre-filled aroma diffusers. The customizable nature of this air freshener ensures you always enjoy a pleasant, refreshing scent during your drive.

7. Ceeniu Car Air Fresheners Dedicated Perfume Refill

Long-Lasting, Natural Scents: The Ceeniu Car Air Fresheners Dedicated Perfume Refill offers up to six months of continuous fragrance, depending on the mode you choose. Made with natural plant extracts and French-imported fragrances, this perfume refill provides a fresh and soothing atmosphere in your car.

Variety of Scents: With 17 different scent options, including lemon, lavender, and orange, you can find the perfect fragrance to suit your mood and preferences. The natural ingredients ensure the air freshener is safe for use around pregnant women, children, and seniors.

Easy to Use: Compatible with Ceeniu’s F26 and F39 diffusers, this refill is easy to install and use. Its natural chlorophyll content helps break down harmful toxins rather than just masking unpleasant odors, ensuring a cleaner and healthier driving environment.

8. Handheld Vacuum Cordless by Upbooz

Powerful Suction for Efficient Cleaning: The Upbooz handheld vacuum is a versatile cleaning tool for your car, home, or office. With powerful suction up to 14,000 PA, this vacuum easily removes dust, debris, and pet hair, keeping your car’s interior looking spotless.

Low Noise and Dual Functionality: This vacuum operates at a noise level of less than 75 dB, ensuring a quiet cleaning experience that won’t disturb others. It also doubles as an air duster, allowing you to blow away dust and sand from hard-to-reach areas.

Convenient Features: The vacuum’s cordless design and lightweight build make it easy to maneuver and carry around. With a 0.15-liter capacity and a one-click dust removal button, cleaning is quick and hassle-free. The built-in LED light provides extra visibility, helping you spot dust and debris in dimly lit areas.

Incorporating these eight best car accessories into your vehicle can enhance your driving experience and keep your car clean, organized, and efficient. Whether you’re on a long road trip or just a daily commute, these accessories offer the perfect combination of practicality and convenience.

From keeping your car clutter-free with the HOTOR Car Trash Can to ensuring your phone is securely mounted with the Qifutan Car Phone Holder Mount, these products provide essential solutions for every driver. The 27Pcs Car Detailing Kit makes cleaning a breeze, while the NOCO Boost Plus GB40 jump starter ensures you’re always prepared for unexpected battery issues.

For those who want to add a touch of freshness to their rides, the car air fresheners from Ceeniu and the customizable Car Air Freshener Vent Clip offer delightful fragrances to suit your preferences. Meanwhile, the Upbooz Handheld Vacuum Cordless keeps your car’s interior in pristine condition with its powerful suction, and the MORNYRAY Waterproof Car Cover protects your car from harsh weather conditions.

With these car accessories, you’ll not only improve the comfort and aesthetics of your car but also enhance safety and convenience on the road. Upgrade your car with these must-have items today and enjoy a smoother, more enjoyable driving experience.

More awesome products you can find here.

[sims-plagiarism]

Garbage Collector Custom Career by sabershadowkat

GARBAGE COLLECTOR CUSTOM CAREER MOD

Tired of being rich and having grand careers? Working in the Waste Management industry is as blue collar as it gets. This is a custom career for use with Twallan's Custom Career Mod. It originally started out with real blue collar wages, but that doesn't fit in with the Sims 3 careers wage tracks, so the levels were adjusted much higher (though still not as high as the white collar professional fields). This is a rabbit hole career located at City Hall.

Garbage Collector Career Offer

Imagine our world without waste management. There would be mountains of trash, flourishing diseases, and countless rats and pests on every street corner and in every neighborhood around the world. Luckily there are devoted, hard working, individuals who make their living collecting our trash. Are you one of them?

Location and Opportunities

This career is located at City Hall. There are no opportunities associated with this career.

Job Description

Roadside Trash Picker $10/hr M,R,F,S,U

The biggest contributor to roadside trash is the very same garbage trucks hauling it to the landfill. Pick up after your new coworkers by working as a Roadside Litter Picker.

Festival Littler Picker $20/hr M,R,F,S,U

Festivals are messy places, with overflowing garbage cans and disgusting, littler-dropping patrons. Guess who gets to pick up after them?

Park Litter Picker $40/hr M,R,F,S,U

People having picnics, throwing frisbees, playing with their dogs. It's nice to have clean parks to do this, and you're the one to clean it up.

Residential Garbage Collector $60/hr M,T,W,R,F

Make hundreds of stops collecting countless trash bins and load them into the back of a garbage truck. Get ready to work those muscles!

Commercial Garbage Collector $80/hr M,T,W,R,F

Hidden behind every store is a large trash container with your name on it. Use the hydraulic lift to dump it in your compactor from the comfort of your cab.

Recycling Collector $100/hr M,T,W,R,F Reduce, reuse, recycle! Collect the recycling bins from the people who care about the planet.

Landfill Manager $120/hr M,T,W,R,F

Those garbage trucks need to know where to dump their loads. As manager, your job is to choreograph the smelly ballet.

Recycling Plant Manager $140/hr M,T,W,R,F

Sorting is a big part of recycling. Manage your workers to deposit everything in the appropriate paper, plastic, glass, and aluminum piles.

Assistant Waste Management Supervisor $175/hr M,T,W,R,F

Coordinate with the managers of the landfills and recycling plants to ensure things are running smoothly. A sloppy workforce leads to a stinky city!

District Waste Management Director $300/hr M,T,W,R

You've made it to the top of the heap. As District Waste Management Director, your job is to sit in all the boring city government meetings and try to get more money in your budget. You've traded the stink of trash for the stink of politics. Congratulations!

Skills and Tones

Uses the Athletic skill. This mod has no custom tones. This mod also uses EA base game career outfits from the Law Enforcement and Business.careers.

Requirements/Patch

Base Game Patch 1.69 NRAAS Career Mod

Credits:

Missy Hissy custom career tutorial Sims Wikia S3PE Twallan

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SPOILERS FOR CHAPTER 14 AHEAD!

When Zaida next opened her eyes, her vision was shrouded in darkness and the pungent odour of rotting trash filled her senses. Reaching out with her arms she felt and heard plastic shift beneath her fingers and with a lurch in her stomach she realised where she was. That bitch had thrown them in the dumpster. Zaida got her knees beneath her somehow, managing to crouch atop the garbage and reach upwards for the lid. With a hard push she swung the lid open and cool, fresh air greeted her. The only thing that alerted her to just how much time had passed was the fact that the sun had gone down. She wasted no time in hauling herself out of the dumpster and gagging at the state of her clothes and hair. This was easily the most disgusting thing that had ever happened to her. She swept her hair away from her face and felt for where Erica had smashed the metal into her head. She couldn’t even feel a bump.

Stiles came to consciousness after several minutes of her reaching into the dumpster, shaking him and calling his name. When he finally jerked back to life and saw where he was he growled in exasperation, “Bitch.”

“Still think she’s hot?” Zaida raised a brow pointedly and helped him back to solid ground. “We reek. I need to stand under a boiling shower until my outer layer of skin burns off.”

“I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but she ripped a very important part out of Roscoe. We’re not going anywhere.” Stiles grumbled and Zaida furrowed her brows at him.

“Roscoe?” she repeated. “You named your Jeep, ‘Roscoe’?”

“Says the girl who can’t even drive yet. Complain about it when you actually have a car.” he scoffed.

“Okay, well your car isn’t exactly of much use right now.” she shot back and picked an orange peel out of her messy ponytail. She waited, sat on the curb, as Stiles called a tow-truck to pick them and the Jeep up.

“Xander is going to kill me when I get home.” she sighed when Stiles joined her, sitting beside her. “How am I going to explain the fact that I smell like a literal racoon’s feast?”

“You can tell him you’re staying at Lydia’s and crash at mine? My Dad’s got the night shift and he won’t be home until after we’ve gotta leave for school tomorrow.” Stiles shrugged. She mulled it over for a moment before reluctantly agreeing.

“Fine, but I call the first shower.” she sighed and wrinkled her nose up at the smell that was emanating from them both. The mechanic didn’t take more than ten minutes to arrive with the tow-truck. He may not have said anything about the smell when they got into the back of his car, but the expression on his face said it all and Zaida sank lower in the seat in shame. She hated smelling bad.

When they arrived at the mechanic’s workshop - some place called Tucker’s Garage - the mechanic (possibly Tucker himself) hoisted the Jeep into the air with the hydraulic lift and began working on it immediately.

“Hey! Hey? Wh-what do you think you're doing? All I needed was a starter!” Stiles protested when he realised the man was working on something different to what they’d come here for.

“Yeah, but it looks like your whole exhaust system has gotta be replaced here.” The man explained without glancing at them.

“Why do I get the feeling you're slightly overestimating the damage?” Stiles commented suspiciously.

“It's probably gonna run you around like twelve-hundred in parts and labor.” The mechanic shrugged and Stiles went pale.

“Are you kidding? This thing doesn't have a catalytic converter!” Stiles gasped in disbelief before sighing. “And yes, I know what a catalytic converter is.”

“Do you know what a ‘limited slip differential’ is?” The man asked condescendingly and his attitude rubbed Zaida completely the wrong way. Sure, she appreciated his help and him not saying anything about how bad they smelled, but he didn’t have to rip them off. Stiles went quiet, clearly not knowing what it was. “Yeah, it's coming on more like fifteen-hundred.”

“A limited slip differential distributes power equally to both the right and left rear tires.” Zaida decided to step in. “I’m no expert, but I’m pretty sure that has nothing to do with the exhaust system. Quite frankly, you’re bullshitting us, so just work on what absolutely needs to be fixed - the starter, which is what we came here for.”

“Yeah, what she said.” Stiles nodded enthusiastically, staring at Zaida with wide eyes and then storming off to the waiting area. “I'll be back here, seething with impotent rage!”

When they were out of earshot of the mechanic he turned to Zaida with an impressed expression. “I didn’t know you were into cars.”

“I’m not, I’ve just seen ‘My Cousin Vinny’ too many times. He could have asked me any other question and I wouldn’t have had a clue. He was just unlucky he picked the one thing that I did know.” she shrugged with a satisfied smile in her victory. “I’ll be right back. I’m gonna see if this place has a bathroom.”

She left Stiles to exit the workshop as she slipped into a nearby restroom and locked the door behind her. She could vaguely hear Stiles yelling a complaint about the establishment through the heavy wooden door, but the sound was considerably muffled. The bathroom wasn’t exactly clean by any means, but it also wasn’t disgusting. At least, not as disgusting as a dumpster. She wiped down the sink with toilet paper and hand soap before leaning her head over the bowl and running hot water through her hair. She just wanted to rinse as much of the smell off her as possible. She could hear the loud sounds of the mechanic’s machines at work and hoped that he wasn’t adding additional unnecessary services to rack up the bill.

In the cupboard below the sink was a roll of garbage bags to change out the trash can and she ripped one from the roll and opened it. She then peeled her jumper off her body and shoved it in there, being left with just her short-sleeved top underneath. There wasn’t anything that could be done about her pants, but at least the smell was marginally better than before. She grabbed an almost empty can of air freshener from on top of the toilet and sprayed the remaining substance all over her lower half, trying to obscure the scent as much as possible. It would have to do until she was able to shower. She exited the bathroom to find the workshop suspiciously quiet and empty. Stiles’ Jeep had been lowered to the ground and both the mechanic and the boy were completely out of sight. Zaida exited through the slightly ajar door into the waiting area - which was just a short corridor - only to see a familiar figure collapsed on the floor. Her stomach twisted and her heart jumped against her rib cage.

“Stiles!” She rushed towards him, noticing his phone on the floor beside him with its screen lit up on an open phone call with 911. “What’s wrong? What happened?”

“It’s here Zaida.” he whispered in response so the phone wouldn’t pick up on his voice, nothing moving but his facial muscles.

“What’s here?” she questioned in hushed tones, eyes darting around for any signs of danger as she crouched beside him, knees pressing into the hard, cold floor. She couldn’t see anything out of the ordinary.

“The mechanic…” He stuttered through heavy breaths as the panic set in. “It paralysed him…lowered the Jeep…he was crushed.”

“Paralysed?” she repeated and raised her brows. “Are you paralysed? How?”

“There was slime on the door handle…a clear slime…” he explained, feeling his fingertips and toes start to tingle as they gradually began to regain feeling.

“Oh my God, I don’t know what to do. What do I do?” she started to panic, but seeing Stiles in such a vulnerable state was new to her. When everything had happened that night in the school, and on the Lacrosse field, the thing that had kept her grounded had been his calmness in the face of danger. She couldn’t allow herself to spiral when he now needed her. She owed him that much, so she took long, deep, stabilising breaths until she got her racing heart relatively under control. “Okay, it’s going to be okay. The police are on their way and I’m pretty sure that thing is gone. Just keep trying to move until you get feeling back. It’ll be pretty difficult to explain to the cops why you’re paralysed.”

Zaida managed to heave Stiles’ deceptively heavy body up and onto a chair in the corridor. “Do you…” she cleared her throat when her voice came out squeaky. “Do you want to count with me?”

With what little capacity he had, Stiles nodded, so she began. Five things. “The carpet is dark grey. The writing on the window is yellow. The chairs are black. The lights are so cool-toned, they’re almost blue. The red of your jacket matches the signage.”

Four things. She reached out and brushed the lump on his temple lightly. “Can you feel that?” she asked, and he nodded with a slight wince. “Let me know when you can feel it.”

Zaida then squeezed his shoulder, but he gave her no reaction, so she trailed her touch lower down his arm, pausing at his bicep when he hummed in acknowledgement. She then shifted her hand to his leg, pressing lightly against his thigh. Again, no reaction, but when she reached his knee he nodded, going through his breathing exercises with no sound other than the air moving in and out of his nose and mouth. That was three, and for her last touch she gripped his hand tightly and felt him clutch her back. She didn’t let go.

“You’re getting better.” she reassured him in a soothing voice. Three things. “I can hear the lights buzzing, and the cars driving by on the street, and…” Zaida trailed off when she couldn’t think of a third thing. The creature that had attacked the mechanic…if it wasn’t still here, where was it now?

“Your voice.” Stiles managed to say, his words slightly gravelly and rough. Something about hearing her voice was calming in and of itself. “You have a nice voice…almost melodic.”

Her lips parted in surprise at his compliment and despite the chill in the air and the goosebumps and shivers rippling across her bare arms, she felt a slight glow of warmth within her. It was the second time he had said that to her. She cleared her throat once more before continuing. Two things. “This place smells like gas…and we still smell like garbage.” That one earned a slight chuckle from the boy, and she was glad to hear it. “I don’t have any gum, but if I focus real hard I think I can actually taste how badly we stink.” she continued, and Stiles seemed noticeably calmer when he turned his head to smile at her with watery amber eyes in appreciation of her efforts. He was glad that he didn’t have to wait for the police alone and helpless. Stiles didn’t say it, but once again he was relieved that she was by his side.

[rent-bin]

Waste management bins Airdrie Crossfield Calgary

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The Drifter and The Neon-lit Jungle

Another one for @zoanluen's Dance With The Dead AU and this time, it's only now Drifter. I have ideas here but I have to write up to see where it goes.

Enjoy!

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The way air was rushing by is filling his ears, neon colors shining and blurry white that was surrounded by them as goggles rested neatly over his eyes as short cyan blue hair flowed wildly with the winds as motorbike ran as far as it carried him. Seemingly like he has somewhere to be than on the road with other grounded vehicles in the slum part of the city.

Hover cars are considered the property of the rich of the higher class above as he spotted something to his left, he turned the bike by the handles and soon he was on a truck with the back haphazardly lowered to nearly touching the asphalt, it acted as a makeshift ramp as he jumped over the lane that was being crowded by other cars and there could be no room for a motorbike to squeeze through if he haven't thought quite quickly.

One destination is on his mind right now. He doesn't have a name long since he lost the right to have one after a mother and brother of his were killed off by the High Heaven Council due to his mother's "treason" against the Law. He knew since as a child, she was speaking out the proposed genocide of the slum for population control because she was a human rights activist but it was sin that broke the Law in their eyes.

Reason why he was the only one left alive is because a man of the Lower class had managed to stunk him out of family home and found refuge in an underground society: People of both higher and lower that doesn't have very good words to say about the council who were formed by the First King after the Malaise outbreak had broken out. And since then, it was corrupt to him and the Resistance but pure in the eyes of the People. He was given a word that he cannot count as a name but will be referred to as.

The Drifter.

The Drifter does not want to spare time to recall the death of his family that took away his childhood or the very recent death of one of their own and body disposed off somewhere far away from this shithole of a City. All he desire is going to the place where he will make a dent to the High Heavenly Council but he had been warned that there might be an obscure in the way.

A few guards here and there but they will inform the Righteous Hand of the Father if they spotted something out of the ordinary. He had looked on the blueprints of the building he was going for and after a few hours of research, he had came up with a way to get inside without being seen.

The sewers. the building is connected to the sewers, Many of this city thought that building was a waste station for trash or, most likely being used as a disposal to destroy the bodies ridden with an aggressive, mutated form of the Malaise virus but he knows the opposite use of it.

The Drifter then made a sudden turned into an alleyway and then stopping once he got to the end of the line. Right where a sewer lid is.

He pulled the dark hot pink goggles off of his eyes, looking at the lid, this has come up to this. He needs to know why there is an mutated version of the Malaise virus that had been going around recently.

[dragonbleps]

So on this last Friday, the garbage truck's arm punched a hole in the back of our garbage can. Dad called Waste Management and politely informed them what happened and asked for a replacement trash can. They were like "Sure! Leave the trash can outside and empty for us to pick up"

So I left the trash can outside over the whole weekend (something the HOA would normally nick us for, but maybe WM informed them of the replacement). But then today it started dumping rain and was pretty windy, so I brought the can back into the garage, getting drenched in the process.

But trash pickup is tomorrow, and WM said it's okay to still use it on trash day. So today I duct taped the hole (it still had a "flap" of material hanging off, but barely) to make it usable and put the trash out

Here's hoping the garbage truck doesn't cause a Mortal Kombat style Fatality on our trash can lkjhsjhdfg

[twinkyharry28]

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