Garbage
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Il Gran Teatro di Venezia — plate 35 — Veduta del Campo de’ Giesuiti
“Veduta del Campo de’ Giesuiti” from the “Gran Teatro di Venezia”, published by Domenico Lovisa, c. 1717.
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Cura gattoli — drain cleaner — Zompini — Arti #38
“Cura gattoli” (drain cleaner) from “Arti che vanno per via” (1785) by Getano Zompini, translated by René Seindal.
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Rubbish collection today
Garbage collection in Venice today is more efficient, but suffers nonetheless from some of the same problems as always.
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Differentiated rubbish collection in Venice
Venice had an organised system of differentiated garbage collections from the 1400s, to keep the city clean and the canals open.