Alvaro Orozco practices using the new collection truck at the on-site training facility at Rainbow Disposal.
PHOTO BY MARK MARTINEZ,
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER |
Rainbow in the News:
Alvaro Orozco practices using the new collection truck at the on-site training facility at Rainbow Disposal.
Although Rainbow Disposal's new trucks won't be rolling down residential streets until late spring, the company has taken special measures to prepare for the swap to carts that
separate trash from recyclables from traditional trash cans. Rainbow has created a 2-acre obstacle course for its truck drivers to practice on before they start maneuvering through the streets of Fountain Valley and Huntington Beach.
"It's an educational tool to help with safety and build (drivers') confidence, " said Armando Duarte, residential supervisor for the company. The new $270,000 collection trucks have a mechanical arm to lift the new bins
and dump the trash into a large cavity in the back. In the driver's cab there's also a small TV screen fed by cameras on the truck and a small joystick that controls the collection arm. Additional training on the arm is necessary because drivers will need to maneuver the
trucks close enough to the carts to use it. Currently, trash cans are collected by hand. On the training course, drivers practice multiple skill exercises, marked by orange stakes like in
a driver's education course. But the focus is on the new mechanisms, not just the driving.
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