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by SCUSKU 1126 days ago
Any tips on the best gear for picking up trash? Right now my setup is pretty simple, I just have a trash picker, a trash bag, and disposable gloves. I want to me able to pick up more trash per unit time, so while the samurai back baskets are an interesting idea, I'm not sure I'd want to risk putting garbage over my head/face. A lot of trash I pick up is bags of poop so :/
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I find a bucket easier to use than a trashbag, but the bucket fills faster. If you really want to do a lot of trash, you might get a rolling bin to bring with you?
It also depends on how many trash cans are around. If there are a few (and you know where to get to them) a bucket can be dumped multiple times.

Otherwise you want something bigger, preferably on wheels. Though you can do the classic where you fill bags and leave them by the road and come back later to pick them up in a vehicle.

You can even get permission from the city to drive down bike paths to pick them up, though a cart on a bike would probably work as well.