is there a way to avoid garbage pollution?

[DarkInvader]

it looks so terrible to have those big purple areas throughout the whole city
is there a way to avoid them?

if I'd put all those areas together, would it cause problems with garbage, because they would have to drive too far?
how do you handle your garbage?

 

[Simcity5]

I stick all mine together in a corner out of the way. You might as well because they roam to all corners of the city anyway no matter where you stick them. I do have a bit of a train of garbage trucks going on, but I have a motorway there and back and a oneway system going on and no problems with garbage.

 

[Person012345]

I have 3 industrial areas dotted about so my garbage facilities are located in those and give fine coverage everywhere.

 

[Ri0Rdian]

Yeah, spread them out if you wish/need to, as long as your traffic is properly managed they will get the job done even when they are stationed quite far. The green area only shows where the Cims get a service bonus from that building, not where that building works...for most buildings (if not all) this is map wide, as long as they can get there somehow.

 

[supersamuel]

I put the garbage in the industrial area, but when I just have forestry and rural industry I put then in isolated points with easy access to the city

 

[k-59]

If it's just the purple and not the pollution that brothers you, you can download a mod that gets rid of the purple ground pollution.

 

[DCT1080]

Put your garbage dumps in the middle of your industrial zones, that way the pollution wont make any of your population sick.

 

[Shiggs]

If it's just the purple and not the pollution that brothers you, you can download a mod that gets rid of the purple ground pollution.

yea I use the one that makes it brown instead of purple, its nice! http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=407795371

 

[Ri0Rdian]

Putting it in the industry district reduces the land value there though. Don't forget about it. Not like there is no negative to that. I keep them separated just for this very reason.

 

[DarkInvader]

but activating the mod disables the achievements, doesn't it?

 

[KnightHawkTFC]

but activating the mod disables the achievements, doesn't it?

Yes, then you just use the mod that re-enables achievements

 

[Tim Bo]

Or install the fantastic Recycling Centre mod.

No ground pollution from recycling ...