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The attacks of March 22 in Brussels were shocking, but not surprising. They reinforced what many have known for years: Belgium has a serious problem with terrorism.
BOSTON – On a cold rainy morning last week, a garbage truck carrying two men wound its way through the narrow alleyways of downtown Boston. Squeezing past morning commuters, the truck rolled behind brick townhouses, with one of the men picking up and emptying green and blue bins into the back along the way.
While many morning commuters see these trundling hulks as smelly eyesores that back up traffic, the city's 50 or so garbage trucks roam the streets and alleys to pick up and haul away unwanted waste. They provide a public service that launches the trash and recyclables on a journey that for some of it ends in Asian factories and for other bits concludes in local compost heaps and landfills.