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Norwegian city uses pneumatic tubes to whisk trash away (washingtonpost.com)
unwind 185 days ago [-]
Also in New York's Roosevelt Island [1], pretty sure I've read about it here in the past.

Edit: yeah, [2] for instance, from 2017 or something.

[1]: https://www.untappedcities.com/inside-roosevelt-islands-futu...

[2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14939745

somelamer567 185 days ago [-]
I remember seeing a similar system in the old town of Palma de Mallorca. Seemed like a good idea at the time even for the cost (23 million euros), but last I saw, they were out of order due to maintenance issues and people putting things down there that they shouldn't like old umbrellas.
em3rgent0rdr 185 days ago [-]
Norwegian city uses pneumatic tubes to whisk trash away.

Not "vacuum tubes"... (◔_◔)

SoleilAbsolu 185 days ago [-]
Haha, I was envisioning a huge backline of Marshall stacks and Ampeg SVTs blazing away, with the rubbish riding the soundwaves off into the sunset...
bookofjoe 185 days ago [-]
I'm so glad I didn't write that headline. On the other hand, I did repeat it so my bad too.
bookofjoe 185 days ago [-]
Hey, I'm still in the editing window so I fixed it. Thank you!
jasonthorsness 185 days ago [-]
"Residents say the streets look neater and rat sightings are down."

Some rats are going for the ride of their lives...

bookofjoe 185 days ago [-]
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