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Entry 1.3 - Waste Services

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The last of Frontier City’s utilities is finally near completion, and that is the town’s garbage removal, storage and recycling centers. I would have posted this update sooner; however, the natural disasters update hit me extremely hard, creating numerous mod and asset issues. At the expense of sounding corny, the update was a true disaster for the game.

Two entities provide services to Frontier City: Northern Waste Management Corporation and Pewter Recycling Conglomerate. Northern Waste Management Corp handles all trash pickup, storage, and operates the town’s landfills. Pewter Recycling Conglomerate, is a national organization that handles recycling for roughly a third of the entire plant’s population centers. The company maintains multiple facilities located to the west of Frontier City, and maintains a massive fleet of trucks.

I am not entirely happy with how to junk yards and landfills came out, and may make some significant changes in the future; however, most of the issue is just game limitations with the props that I must work with. The recycling center will likely be completely redone. I think it is too small and needs more components, such as trash piles and warehouses. I just need to get some inspiration from looking at a lot of aerial photos of recycling centers to figure out how to proceed moving forward.

If anyone has any suggestions on how to enhance this area please feel free, I do not mind adding some interactivity to this journal.

Zbe0mz.jpgScrapyards and landfills to the center top, recycling center to the lower left. (Note: The recycling center will likely be torn down and rebuilt)

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Another Bird's Eye shot of the junk yard and recycling center.

XMTXeh.jpgSlightly closer view.

s52je6.jpgCloseup Satellite View. (As the town expands, the empty blocks will eventually become part of the town's industrial center.

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Landfill. (This area could use some more work, probably some more piles of dirt, some deep pits dug, and more equipment, with parking for workers.

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Garbage/ Recycling sorting facility in the foreground, and scrapyards in the background. Old abandoned house in the middle, abandoned after the junkyards got too large. Now it just sits in an empty overgrown lot.

p84gRY.jpgCloseup of the junkyard where rusty and decrepit vehicles are stored. (Thinking of expanding this into a large block across the main road, probably 3 times the size.

ZGriPa.jpgAnother view of the junk yard.

aDrfG9.jpgAnd another.

TySH5i.jpgAnother Junk Yard lot where industrial containers and trailer beds are kept.

crC6rw.jpgAnother shot of the container junkyard.

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Junkyard at night. The managers of the yard do not like paying for electricity; therefore, the yard is only minimally lit.

e7XrDN.jpgContainer yard at night. The owners of the container yard actually live in a trailer on the property.



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