– Clean streets even during the holiday season
In Lausanne, waste collection workers respond to Boxing Day. Discovery behind the scenes of this profession.
Leticia Buenzod
It is 8:30 a.m. when the garbage truck leaves Tridel to climb towards Mont-sur-Lausanne. He has already made the first of his three daily oil changes in the incineration plant, close to the place de la Sallaz. At 6:15 a.m., in the still dark night of the early morning of Boxing Day, he set off. On board, a crew of three men, a driver and two collection workers. At the end of the day, they will have removed approximately 25 tons of household waste.