Summary

Establishing shot of center of small city Little boy takes out garbage Municipal work trucks leave parking lot Man in suit checks each truck as it leaves CU man in suit writes on clip board Garbage truck stops in alley, man gets off Man picks up garbage can, dumps contents in back of truck, puts can back, works compressor CU man turns lever Truck arrives at landfill, second truck dumps garbage Truck dumps contents, all or mostly cans, other metal items Bulldozer pushes, crushes cans, spreads dirt over all, drives over it Man, boy walk through park Man goes up to high branches of tree in cherry picker, trims them Man loads branches into truck, it leaves Man mows park grass with riding power mower Man rides on front of truck, works machine that picks up leaves, trash in gutter Sanitation man with cart sweeps gutter Children throw litter in street trash can Street-sweeping machine cleans street, panel of sweeper opens, dumps leaves, trash, truck with automatic arm picks them up Truck dumps leaves, trash on large pile near incinerator Man drives machine that pushes trash into incinerator Trash burns Little boy washes hands in sink CU boy's hands as he opens drain, water goes down CU pipes under sink Men, truck lay sewer pipes under street Manhole Truck set to work on manhole CU mechanical coil turns, grabs air Men put long hose down manhole CU suited man supervises Man works hose machine Hose stuck in manhole Coil spins at bottom of manhole Man in cherry picker cleans streetlight, rides down Man on ladder cleans window School custodian empties waste basket into container, cleans blackboard Little boy, little girl walk to garbage can, she throws trash from her lunchbox into can Trucks return to lot, park CU man watches