Review: 60386 Recycling Truck
Posted by CapnRex101,
Relatively ordinary vehicles are sometimes the most desirable, especially within the LEGO City range. 60386 Recycling Truck presents definite potential and closely resembles 4432 Garbage Truck from 2012, sharing familiar construction methods.
Furthermore, the set includes a recycling bank and an appealing exclusive minifigure, which would be welcome additions to any City display. In fact, such simple inclusions may elevate this design above its already-impressive precursor.
Summary
60386 Recycling Truck, 261 pieces.
£29.99 / $29.99 / €34.99 | 11.5p/11.5c/13.4c per piece.
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While quite expensive, 60386 Recycling Truck looks great and is excellent for play
- Lovely colours and proportions
- Simple and effective functions
- Surprisingly good minifigures
- Truck lacks certain features
The set was provided for review by LEGO. All opinions expressed are those of the author.
Minifigures
LEGO introduced a new colour last year, dubbed vibrant yellow. This shade is perfectly suited to fluorescent clothing, including the high-visibility jackets worn by these refuse workers. The torso has already appeared in five sets and looks splendid, with metallic silver stripes complementing the predominant vibrant yellow.
I like the dark azure gloves too, although perhaps the male refuse worker's cap could have been dark azure to match. However, the bearded head looks reasonable and the female worker's hair element captures welcome texture. Neither minifigure includes an alternative facial expression.
The third minifigure is undoubtedly the most interesting, featuring an exclusive torso which suits her ecological focus. The tree motifs look brilliant and I like the sleeveless design. Additionally, a shell necklace provides welcome detail, although the yellow decoration on the torso should have matched the arms and head more closely.
The medium nougat hair component is unique too, appearing for the first time in this colour. The element was introduced in black last year, but its complex texture is even more apparent in this lighter colour. Also, even though this double-sided head is relatively common, the design again seems ideal for this character.
Various items of rubbish are supplied, including plant stems for the composting bin and a printed ticket and shopping list, ready to place in the paper recycling bin.
The Completed Model
Recycling centres have featured in numerous LEGO sets, including 60292 Town Centre and the earlier 4206 Recycling Truck. This example takes a unique approach though, with colourful bins inside a permanent structure, rather than bigger dumpsters. The whole model is constructed on a new 8x16 panel, which is already available in six January sets.
I think a standard 8x16 plate would have sufficed, but this panel is more readily compatible with the existing road panels. The dark tan brickwork looks nice and lime green was a suitable colour choice for the doors, each featuring a sticker. These denote the food waste, paper recycling and glass recycling bins, which are also colour-coded with the stickers. The central dark azure bin is new in this colour.
Similar doors provide access from the back, although lack stickers. The bins inside are therefore removable, but should maybe have slid out more easily. Nevertheless, the recycling centre looks good and an adorable white kitten is included, having only appeared twice before in much more expensive sets.
The similarities between this model and 4432 Garbage Truck, released in 2012, are obvious and the set designer, Adam Grabowski, has acknowledged the influence of the earlier vehicle. Some may be disappointed that there are not more distinctive features, but I adore the prior design, so welcome this update! The proportions of the truck appear realistic, in particular.
While simple, the shape of the cab looks excellent and I love the trans-black 1x2 bricks forming the lower section of each door, taken directly from the 2012 model. The enormous windscreen is effective too, providing a great view of the steering wheel inside. However, the omission of door mirrors is unfortunate, especially since those appeared prominently on 4432 Garbage Truck.
The stickered recycling symbols look nice though, with lime green and teal colours matching the bins and the container on the truck. The roof can be removed to seat a minifigure at the controls easily, but there is only space for one. Also, this vehicle lacks dedicated handgrips for workers to ride on the exterior, which is surprising given their frequency on other LEGO City vehicles.
Beyond the cab shape, the curved sides of the container are also reminiscent of the 2012 refuse vehicle. Teal replaces the original bright green, with alternating red and white stripes introducing extra detail. These look marvellous and the clips for accessories are useful too. These can serve as the aforementioned grips for minifigures, but 4L bars would have been preferable.
Rubbish is loaded by placing bins on the rear platform and turning the wheel on the side. Loose items inside will then be tipped out, so this basic mechanism works nicely. The stickered hazard stripes and attached levers are welcome details, but I dislike the conspicuous tan pin beside the two levers. Furthermore, I think the bodywork immediately behind the back wheels could have been improved, as it seems unfinished.
The functions are paramount though and certainly suffice, as the entire container unit is secured using Technic pins and the tailgate opens to release the rubbish. There is no discharge plate to push the rubbish from inside the container, but that would probably be too complicated for a City set. However, I was hoping to find a simulated ram beneath the container, offering some realistic details.
Overall
While the subject is inherently mundane, 60386 Recycling Truck has deservedly attracted some attention within the new City range. The actual vehicle looks splendid and I like the unusual teal colour, although certain features, such as door mirrors and handgrips, are missed. The functions are enjoyable though, as expected with refuse truck toys.
Moreover, I think the small recycling centre could prove desirable, as these are commonplace in modern cities, while the minifigures are perfect as well. The price of £29.99, $29.99 or €34.99 is slightly more expensive than I would like in Europe, but this will become an enticing addition to any LEGO City once discounted.
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With two or three of these, you could have the basis of a cool recycling centre for a city.
I've been on the fence with this one, but this review is enough to convince me to put it on the wish list.
That third minifigure really reminds me of Erin Kellyman
It's not realistic....if it was anything like the recycling facilities where I live (South London) the bins would be overflowing with incorrect recycling. There would be random crap just dumped around the area.
This set doesn't even come with a stained mattress, a broken pushchair and half a sofa...ha ha.
Last year's Friends one was better because it came with a raccoon.
I mean we don't have raccoons here in the UK but he is cute.
What is the point of separating your waste to different bins if everything is loaded to the same compartment in the end? I don't think this is the message they wanted to spread with this set :D 41712 and 4206 was more effective in that aspect. Anyways, the set looks nice, albeit a bit overpriced and too bad it is missing details like the mirrors and the handlebars, these little things can add so much to the final result.
The scale is way too small to really count (see my review: https://myleniumsbrickcorner.wordpress.com/2023/01/24/not-just-garbage-lego-city-recycling-truck-60386/ ) and there are some genuine stability issues, but overall this is indeed a nice design. It has a decent play value and looks the part. I just wish they really had thrown in a whole bag of trash extras to bring this home. feels a bit weird having so much to play with, but nothing to fill the containers and loading deck...
Friends one is better and cheaper.
@tisi said:
"What is the point of separating your waste to different bins if everything is loaded to the same compartment in the end? I don't think this is the message they wanted to spread with this set :D 41712 and 4206 was more effective in that aspect. Anyways, the set looks nice, albeit a bit overpriced and too bad it is missing details like the mirrors and the handlebars, these little things can add so much to the final result."
That’s why you make different shifts each day. First the green garbage, next the paper and then the glass. It’s weirder they don’t have a bin for plastic or for just random garbage.
How does it roll by the way. There is not a lot of space between the truck and the wheels
It looks like a nice set. Could the ticket be a recycling coupon or ticket that is required in some areas for people to drop off their material? Otherwise, it seems odd to highlight the recycling of a ticket as opposed to a newspaper or some other more common household item.
Just based on the article's main picture, I'm seeing something of a story here, where the lady had accidentally thrown away her ticket for some important event while she was putting her completed shopping list in the bin, and has had to race the recycling workers to get back to the bin first so that she could retrieve the ticket before it was recycled and lost forever. She's just barely managed it in time, looks like.
I don't know if that was intentional, but that's what I'm getting from the picture at least!
It looks good, but there are some iffy building techniques in the undercarriage. When I built it, it kept falling apart until the final step
I must say I much prefer 4432.
The omission of important safety equipment such as rear view mirrors and handrails is unforgivable imho. Especially on a refuse truck, which regularly has to back into some cul-de-sac or alley. How would this one manage without rear view mirrors?
At such a high price point, cheaping out on something like that really sours my appetite for this set. Same with the handrails.
As for the rest, it's nice enough, but definitely not worth the RRP.
Plus I much preferred the colour scheme of the older one, since it more closely matches the recycling trucks in our area.
I love the new trash can colors seen here and in last year’s 41712 Recycling Truck. I might consider picking this one up just for that reason.
They’re really overdoing it with teal
Nice and the $29.99 is what it is at this point. Not great for the value, but not bad (and will likely be on sale for 20% off at some point).. Like the new garbage can color as well, will need to get some of those.
@bookmum said:
"It's not realistic....if it was anything like the recycling facilities where I live (South London) the bins would be overflowing with incorrect recycling. There would be random crap just dumped around the area.
This set doesn't even come with a stained mattress, a broken pushchair and half a sofa...ha ha.
Last year's Friends one was better because it came with a raccoon.
I mean we don't have raccoons here in the UK but he is cute."
Denmark doesn't seem to have such issues with trash management.
While I can sort-of agree that the back looks a little "unfinished", the shape of the back end and tipping mechanism don't leave many options. That said, I prefer this one to the 2012 model (which also lacked an ejection function, as did most city refuse vehicles), as the curved back end better-represents the refuse trucks seen most around here. I also like how they added packer control levers to this model, albeit on the wrong side (easy swap). Not using a sticker for the front grille is an improvement in my book as well.
As for the hat not matching the gloves? Adds more realism in my book. Rarely do they match in the real world.
I still wish LEGO would produce the truck that went through the Ideas process.
The fact that they included six left 1x3x2 lime doors is disappointing.
Overall a really nice set. You know its good when it appeals to a non City buyer!
What a load of recycled rubbish!
My kids are loving this wave of City sets. Things are looking up for City lately. And it does appear that Lego is trying to rebuild/boost their non-licensed themes, which bodes well for us older fans.
Someone got the math wrong when they set the price for this. 261 parts for €35 is very expensive.
Compare with 60369 for example, which has 197 parts for €20.
I love this truck, but I'll definitely be waiting for it to drop in price.
It drives me absolutely bonkers that most Lego cars at retail have no door elements, and it's one of the play features that makes me more likely to buy.
Doors.
Need them.
@tisi said:
"What is the point of separating your waste to different bins if everything is loaded to the same compartment in the end?"
Obligatory Dilbert: https://dilbert.com/strip/1997-08-16
This set is interesting but not really for me, I think, given the relatively high price for its piece count and the overly intricate 'base' for the bins. I wonder if 6W is too narrow to create a dual-purpose container as I think that would make a little more sense - perhaps the bigger side for recycling, the second side for the glass? I know there are refuse/recycling trucks with two compartments and two lifts, and it would be interesting to see that reflected. It's also a shame that the cab can only seat one figure, it seems like a glaring omission. The solid teal is a little much for me too, I think some stickers or printed tiles on the side (even just big logos on the front curved pieces of the container) would really break it up.
I'm less bothered about the lack of mirrors, though. I find they're often poorly implemented on sets of this scale, looking disproportionate or not seeming to have any angle to them. You can easily explain it away by suggesting the truck has cameras instead of mirrors (our van at work has a rear-view camera for reversing), which would fit in with the more modern aspects of the 2023 City range.
The color matching on these stickers look much better than what we’ve been seeing of late. Why can’t they get the Star Wars or Speed Champion ones right?
Seeing this set only makes me wish that this Lego Ideas had made it through:
https://ideas.lego.com/projects/7d7f4e15-55e7-44c4-bb30-3a66b9cc0598
I want this as I work in the industry. It's not perfect but a nice modifying project if I can get it under 30euro
@Loerwyn:
My parents have one regular trash can, one recyclables trash can, and one yard waste trash can. Different vehicles come for each one, but all the recyclables start out in the same container and I think get dumped into the same truck before being sorted back at the facility.
I bought a condo. We have six dumpsters in the back corner of the property. There’s no sorting, unless our waste management contractor does it when they get back. Most likely, they just magnet out any loose bits of steel and iron.
@Yo_dA:
The sticker borders are lime on white. It’s a nice bright color that doesn’t require a lot of saturation. If you don’t mind getting lime TIE Fighters, they can probably do that.
I build the set today and it feels a little bit like an unfinished copy of 4432, I do like the teal color. The height of the base is better than a regular plate if you want to put it next to the new road plates, because with a regular plate your road is 1 plate higher. But on a regular plate the connection with the road looks more smooth and you make the road 18 studs wide.
Two by two, hands of blue.
Overall a pleasant set IMO, with laudable playability, functions, and colour scheme. This reminds me of 60118 and 4206 from City. The value in US is not ludicrously overpriced but not good as well ($25 feels better to me). The Friends set 41712 released in 2022 had almost the same amount of pieces for only $20, which is significantly cheaper (though IMO this has a superior colour scheme and a more substantial side build). Still, the US price is still vastly better than the gratuitous price tag of $60 AUD in Australia where I live.
@DaBigE:
If they were both part of an official uniform, they probably would match, because the company would have sourced them so they did match. In reality, the gloves would be PPE, not uniform, so they'd just buy whatever works at the best price they can find. The hat is probably a personal item, otherwise the female would be wearing one instead of looking like this:
https://66.media.tumblr.com/d64344e33259410502191ba304872bf7/tumblr_owi1zztP6F1wz1cbso9_640.png
@Grammaticul:
https://brickset.com/minifigs/sw0057/jedi-knight-(dark-gray-tunic-brown-hood)
Not quite. But it would work if you just want to fake one without selling a kidney. Holy crap! I already own one, and even I felt a little pain at seeing how much it would cost to buy another.
@VictorJiangKiangLiangMiang:
The high Australian price is because they have to dodge the deadly sharks, evade the deadly snakes, and jump over the deadly spiders to bring the parcel to your front door. I'm pretty sure that is factually correct.
In my area, garbage and recycling have been collected by automatic side-loaders for many years. This requires using standardized machinable containers. The trucks are much bigger and shaped very differently. I haven't seen a truck that actually looks like this one in a very long time. It would be nice to see a more modern-looking truck from Lego.
We also have combined-stream recycling (glass still has to be sorted and hand-collected), so these elaborate sort bins are not a thing anymore. Of course, 25% of our recycling stream is non-recyclable trash, and there is no market for a lot of our actual recycling and it just winds up landfilled. Maybe Lego should just give us an unmarked truck!
@AllenSmith said:
"In my area, garbage and recycling have been collected by automatic side-loaders for many years. This requires using standardized machinable containers. The trucks are much bigger and shaped very differently. I haven't seen a truck that actually looks like this one in a very long time. It would be nice to see a more modern-looking truck from Lego.
We also have combined-stream recycling (glass still has to be sorted and hand-collected), so these elaborate sort bins are not a thing anymore. Of course, 25% of our recycling stream is non-recyclable trash, and there is no market for a lot of our actual recycling and it just winds up landfilled. Maybe Lego should just give us an unmarked truck!"
For once, Lego's use of stickers make that task very easy.
In our area, automated side-loaders have been used for recycling collection almost from the start. Rear loaders like this are getting rarer for regular residential refuse collection; however, are used regularly for autumn leaf collection.
In Massachusetts, my trash would be picked up first by a trash truck. Then a couple hours later, a recycling truck would come by and take all the recycling (mixed together in one or two bins). Bottles and cans (soda and beer only, not milk, juice, or water) are recycled by bringing them to the grocery store where you bought them and they give you 5 cents for each. (You had to pay 5 cents extra when you originally bought them.)
In California (Sonoma County), we had ONE trash truck that would come by. They'd dump in the trash, put the can down, and then dump in the recycling into the same truck. I asked about this once and was informed that they actually have two separate containers inside the truck and switch between them. When viewed from the second floor, I was able to see it happen and a metal gate flipped so stuff would fall into the other side. As for cans and bottles, they're all labelled "CA Redemption" or some nonsense, but literally NOBODY I asked about it ever returned any and they weren't even sure how to do so...so they ended up in the recycling too.
@AllenSmith:
Put a sticker on it that says, "Hey, we tried!"
@PDelahanty:
In Michigan, we get $0.10 (also paid in at time of purchase). It even made us a plot point in a Seinfeld episode. The rule applies to any carbonated beverage, but businesses only have to accept brands that they sell. I'm not sure what happens if they stop selling that brand. I'm also not sure how they dispose of them, since most businesses have transitioned to recycling centers that smash the cans and plastic bottles before depositing them into hoppers, by which point there's no way anyone is going to sort through them to make sure each brand is sent back where it came from.
@Grammaticul said:
"is that jedi bob"
So, the funny thing is, right after I answered this question, I saw that RSotD had been posted, and it was one of the other four sets that used the Jedi Bob head.
@Rimefang said:
"It drives me absolutely bonkers that most Lego cars at retail have no door elements, and it's one of the play features that makes me more likely to buy.
Doors.
Need them."
Same with me. It definitely has an impact on me for sets I’m on the fence about purchasing.
Shame it’s such a rare treat to get doors on vehicles nowadays.
Interesting to read all the different ways that districts around the world go about organizing waste disposal.
In our area we have up to four regular collection types.
First is a blue bin for paper and cardboard, which gets collected once a month.
Second is a yellow plastic bag (bin in some areas) with recyclable plastic packaging materials, which is also collected once a month. You get these yellow bags for free at either your town hall or local recycling centre and you put as many full ones as you like out for collection.
Third is a brown bin for biodegradable waste (no meat stuff though), typically garden or veggie food waste, which is also collected once a month, twice during the summer. If you have a compost heap in your garden then you can return your brown bin to the council so you don't have to pay for it.
Lastly there's a black bin for non-recyclable rest waste that usually gets incinerated. This is collected twice a month.
Each type of bin by the way gets collected by a different type of collection vehicle here. Makes sense too, since you wouldn't want for example clean paper and cardboard to be collected in the same vehicle that earlier had collected rotting rest waste.
As for other recyclable materials, you take these to collecting containers located at several convenient places around town. Such containers exist for bottles/glass, tins/metal, and clothing.
Plus there's the local recycling centres that open several times a week where you can take other waste like old furniture, larger volume of garden waste too much for your compost heap, old electronics, treated wood, hazardous materials like batteries, chemicals, certain building materials etc.
@bookmum said:
"It's not realistic....if it was anything like the recycling facilities where I live (South London) the bins would be overflowing with incorrect recycling. There would be random crap just dumped around the area.
This set doesn't even come with a stained mattress, a broken pushchair and half a sofa...ha ha.
Last year's Friends one was better because it came with a raccoon.
I mean we don't have raccoons here in the UK but he is cute."
I want THAT set even more. I may have to moc it!
What colors should I use for the mattress stains?
@AustinPowers said:
"Interesting to read all the different ways that districts around the world go about organizing waste disposal.
In our area we have up to four regular collection types.
First is a blue bin for paper and cardboard, which gets collected once a month.
Second is a yellow plastic bag (bin in some areas) with recyclable plastic packaging materials, which is also collected once a month. You get these yellow bags for free at either your town hall or local recycling centre and you put as many full ones as you like out for collection.
Third is a brown bin for biodegradable waste (no meat stuff though), typically garden or veggie food waste, which is also collected once a month, twice during the summer. If you have a compost heap in your garden then you can return your brown bin to the council so you don't have to pay for it.
Lastly there's a black bin for non-recyclable rest waste that usually gets incinerated. This is collected twice a month.
Each type of bin by the way gets collected by a different type of collection vehicle here. Makes sense too, since you wouldn't want for example clean paper and cardboard to be collected in the same vehicle that earlier had collected rotting rest waste.
As for other recyclable materials, you take these to collecting containers located at several convenient places around town. Such containers exist for bottles/glass, tins/metal, and clothing.
Plus there's the local recycling centres that open several times a week where you can take other waste like old furniture, larger volume of garden waste too much for your compost heap, old electronics, treated wood, hazardous materials like batteries, chemicals, certain building materials etc. "
In Denver, we have black trash bins which just recently (5 yrs ago) replaced our big alley dumpsters and are collected once a week. We have a purple bin for ALL recycling, and a green bin for compost. Both of those are collected every 2 weeks. Composting costs $10 per month. But, the new plan is to charge for trash disposal (by size of bin) and make composting free while collecting recycling every week.
@StyleCounselor : here we pay an annual base fee for trash disposal.
Additionally, there a variable components we can influence:
The black rest waste bin costs a fee for each time it is collected, plus a fee per kilogram of collected waste. So less waste means less fees for that type of garbage. Same with the brown bin.
The blue paper/cardboard bin in free, since the recycling company makes money by selling the material to papermills.
The yellow bag collection is covered by the annual base fee, as are the costs for the operation of the local recycling centres.
In essence, the less waste you produce the better. And in case of the non-recyclable rest waste, as well as bio waste, trying to avoid producing that makes a noticeable contribution to your budget.
@AustinPowers said:
" @StyleCounselor : here we pay an annual base fee for trash disposal.
Additionally, there a variable components we can influence:
The black rest waste bin costs a fee for each time it is collected, plus a fee per kilogram of collected waste. So less waste means less fees for that type of garbage. Same with the brown bin.
The blue paper/cardboard bin in free, since the recycling company makes money by selling the material to papermills.
The yellow bag collection is covered by the annual base fee, as are the costs for the operation of the local recycling centres.
In essence, the less waste you produce the better. And in case of the non-recyclable rest waste, as well as bio waste, trying to avoid producing that makes a noticeable contribution to your budget. "
I'm all for less waste. Yet, I do get concerned that charging too much for disposal gets regressive as far as social equity. Then, you get more illegal dumping and litter. The same goes for overly complex systems.
I agree, it's quite intriguing to hear how such a basic and transformational activity is carried out in different regions.
@StyleCounselor: thankfully the fees are not too high, so illegal dumping typically isn't a problem. But they are at least high enough to give some encouragement for trying to reduce the amount of waste one produces.
The good thing is that there are lots of stores opening up that offer to sell goods en gros unpackaged (like in the olden days of your local small grocery store). For example you go there with your glass or metal or plastic or whatever container, and have it (re-)filled with sugar, flour, rice, baking soda, washing detergent etc.
Such stores are getting ever more popular again.
60371 doesn't have side handles either despite them being reasonably common on fire trucks specifically. I wonder if there's been a mandate or something.
To add my bit to the discussion: over here - or at least in my part of the country - we have three different waste collection trucks. One is more or less like this set, for the basic non-recyclable waste (only it has lifts for two bins at a time, not just one), and another is similar exclusively for garden waste; they used to be collected on alternate weeks, but now that's only true of the garden waste and the regular waste is every three weeks. You have to pay a small annual fee to have the privilege of the brown garden waste bin.
Then there's the recycling truck that comes around every week. We have like four separate containers for different recyclable waste (two boxes between which are split things like paper and cardboard, glass jars, tin cans, etc., a separate small bin for food waste, and the newest addition is a kinda big bag for plastic tubs and bottles and such). The recycling truck is divided up into several sections with various openings in the sides for the different kinds of waste, and the collectors empty the right box into the right section to keep them all divided up appropriately.
@ThatBionicleGuy: interesting. May I ask which part of the UK you are from?
@AustinPowers said:
" @ThatBionicleGuy : interesting. May I ask which part of the UK you are from? "
I'm down towards the South-West.
@ThatBionicleGuy said:
" @AustinPowers said:
" @ThatBionicleGuy : interesting. May I ask which part of the UK you are from? "
I'm down towards the South-West."
Ah, thanks. My experience with the UK so far has been mostly in the Northwest, mainly around Liverpool, Merseyside, Cheshire, Lancashire and North-Wales.
Never been to the Southwest at all actually, only the Southeast, back in the days when we went by car from Dover or Folkestone, via London, Birmingham to the Wirral, where most of our friends live.
@StyleCounselor said:
" @AustinPowers said:
"Interesting to read all the different ways that districts around the world go about organizing waste disposal.
In our area we have up to four regular collection types.
First is a blue bin for paper and cardboard, which gets collected once a month.
Second is a yellow plastic bag (bin in some areas) with recyclable plastic packaging materials, which is also collected once a month. You get these yellow bags for free at either your town hall or local recycling centre and you put as many full ones as you like out for collection.
Third is a brown bin for biodegradable waste (no meat stuff though), typically garden or veggie food waste, which is also collected once a month, twice during the summer. If you have a compost heap in your garden then you can return your brown bin to the council so you don't have to pay for it.
Lastly there's a black bin for non-recyclable rest waste that usually gets incinerated. This is collected twice a month.
Each type of bin by the way gets collected by a different type of collection vehicle here. Makes sense too, since you wouldn't want for example clean paper and cardboard to be collected in the same vehicle that earlier had collected rotting rest waste.
As for other recyclable materials, you take these to collecting containers located at several convenient places around town. Such containers exist for bottles/glass, tins/metal, and clothing.
Plus there's the local recycling centres that open several times a week where you can take other waste like old furniture, larger volume of garden waste too much for your compost heap, old electronics, treated wood, hazardous materials like batteries, chemicals, certain building materials etc. "
In Denver, we have black trash bins which just recently (5 yrs ago) replaced our big alley dumpsters and are collected once a week. We have a purple bin for ALL recycling, and a green bin for compost. Both of those are collected every 2 weeks. Composting costs $10 per month. But, the new plan is to charge for trash disposal (by size of bin) and make composting free while collecting recycling every week. "
Our trucks are fairly new, automatic, side-loaders since getting rid of the old dumpsters 5 years ago. They send a different truck for each color bin.
@Sandinista:
I'd say they're overdoing on that 'vibrant yellow' too...anyone else get a headache looking at it...just me?
@brick_r:
I mean, it is pretty hard on the eyes, but I still hate coral more. This at least looks like colors I see regularly in real life. Coral is a color that's unique to LEGO sets.
@PurpleDave: Dunno' PD, I'd rather deal with 'pastels' over...'neon'? 'fluorescents'? 'day glow'? 'seizure causing without flashing'?
I mean you're not wrong, coral does a lot of over use; but this yellow...it's like TLG has been trying to make it 'a thing'. Adding to fire trucks and like vehicles was one thing, when they put it on police vehicles...yesh:| (I actually tried replacing the yellow 'stripes' with white. Looks waaaaaay better:))
@brick_r:
You consider coral to be a pastel? Pastels don’t normally rip your eyes out and roast them over themselves for a lark.
Why in gods name did they make blonde lady's secondary expression "satisfied, deeply inhaling" in a set about garbage collection?
@PurpleDave said:
"The fact that they included six left 1x3x2 lime doors is disappointing."
There should be a law against that. I can forgive the occasional single door, but this is criminal..
blue trashcan!!
@Ridgeheart:
This is probably a rare instance of an opaque color that glows under UV light, while those two colors do not.
@DarthBrickus said:
"Why in gods name did they make blonde lady's secondary expression "satisfied, deeply inhaling" in a set about garbage collection?"
Perhaps they were inspired by the 'Smug Alert!' episode of South Park? ;-)
I like the realism. Just like where I live they are forced to sort the garbage before they mix it all in the van.
4432 looks a little bit better, probably because it doesn't have a bunch of green plates that serve no function. The bin would work without plates underneath it.
Wait... the sorted garbage goes in one pile?
The lack of garbage separation in a recycling truck (while realistic, it often ends up on the same pile lol), is a dealbreaker for me. I do like the little 3xgarbage green area, but again, it's pointless with a one-compartment truck. There are no name brands available with better execution of the truck part.
They could have "borrowed" the ingenious function from the Ideas garbage truck and pay some royalties to the designers. The fact that the dumpster compartments all have the same doors is a pretty shitty thing to do just to save a cent or two. Every child loves opening doors, especially if he can get a pair of them to use for cars and such.
I've had an interest in Lego refuse/recycling trucks ever since getting 6668 as a kid, so I'm definitely interested in getting this one. The color.coded recycling center reminds me of 41712, as does the inclusion of a cute animal. (Speaking of which, I want a raccoon that fits in the minifig aesthetic now. Rocket doesn't count.)