In the last few decades, Taiwan has transformed itself from “garbage island” to one of the world’s best managers of household trash, and it’s done so with a soundtrack. Armies of yellow trucks trundle through the streets five days a week, blasting earsplitting snippets of either Beethoven’s Für Elise or A Maiden’s Prayer by Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska.

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/26/classical-trash-how-taiwan-musical-truck-transformed-garbage-island

Classical trash: how Taiwan’s musical bin lorries transformed ‘garbage island’

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@DaMeYiWu have they ever done gps tracking and an app yet?
@DaMeYiWu the notification can be the fur elise ringtone.