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> There are also the thousands of people employed full time in the autumn to pick up leaves Don't they do any other maintenance work for the city? And even if
by indogooner 7y ago
> There are also the thousands of people employed full time in the autumn to pick up leaves
Don't they do any other maintenance work for the city?
And even if trees are not there won't grass/dust/pollen from plant flowers cause the allergy problem.
- londons_explore 7y agoThey do other maintenance work in the other seasons, but during the autumn, they form teams of people who brush leaves into piles, bag them, and then stick them in a garbage truck. I constantly wonder why they can't use a big vacuum cleaner to pick up leaves, but I guess it works out cheaper to do it by hand. It's true other plants make pollen, but trees form by far the majority of the pollen issue [1]. Different types of tree produce pollen in different months, making a pretty consistent problem. Grasses on the other hand nearly all make pollen the same week. There aren't many other plants in London... [1]: https://www.avogel.co.uk/health/hayfever/pollen-forecast/london/ https://www.avogel.co.uk/health/hayfever/pollen-forecast/lon...