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Can These Colorful Garbage Trucks Make Trash Collection ... Cool?

Valparaiso, Chile's third-largest city, is tackling its garbage problem with a new fleet of brightly painted trucks.
One of Valparaiso's new painted garbage trucks
One of Valparaiso's new painted garbage trucks UnKolorDistinto

A gigantic dog looks intently at a bone poking out of the trash. Two cats lick their lips at the sight of a fish served on a big platter. A woman hangs laundry from her window above narrow alleyways.

These colorful vignettes are on a new fleet of garbage trucks in the Chilean port city of Valparaiso, created by graffiti artists Sammy Espinosa and Cynthia Aguilera, known as UnKolorDistinto (A Different Color).