Is anyone having trouble finding trash in the cans for sims to rummage for parts? Without fail in Oasis Springs, Bedrock Strait neighborhood you can always find trash in those cans to rummage, regardless of the world and neighborhood your sim lives in.I am playing Johnny Zest, who lives in that neighborhood and there is no trash in the cans to rummage. Trash is not spawning. Not even in the park which tends to always have trash to rummage.I do not have Eco Lifestyle.Anyone else run into this issue?UPDATEI entered a bug report. Please Me Too it here: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/Unable-to-Rummage-in-World-amp-Community-Lot-trash-cans/m-p/9223296#M141520

"IceyJ;c-17538088" wrote:Yes. Trash has stopped accumulating in the dumpster and I don't know why. I do have the reuse & recycle lot trait but there's never anything in the dumpster anymore.If it's a lot based dumpster you have to actively generate trash some way to have anything to rummage/dive for.If you are washing dishes or have the Nano trashcan, for example, you won't generate trash from cleaning up dishes. You would generate trash if you have no sink and throw all the plates away in a regular bin.

@IceyJ are you referring the EL dumpsters or regular trash cans in all of the worlds?

I added my experiences with this at the EA Help site.

@IceyJ heres what works for me on lot- I only have a dumpster in the corner of the lot, no trash can in the house- I stop eating just before they finish or try to stop the clean up action, then I manually move the bowl to the dumpster- One empty/partial bowl seems to get gets 3-5 dumpsters actions (dive/recycle etc). Multiples create more - With my freegan on community lots, I intersperse dive for meals/ingredients every now and again so that I’ve always got something to ‘refill’ the dumpsterHope that helps!

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33 Replies

comicsforever
6 years ago
Yes I have
janyses
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
Yes. Trash has stopped accumulating in the dumpster and I don't know why. I do have the reuse & recycle lot trait but there's never anything in the dumpster anymore.
RouenSims
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
The only time I tried having a SIM dumpster dive, the Sim couldn’t because there was nothing in the dumpster.
troshalom
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
Ok, thanks everyone, I'll submit a bug report.
EmmaVane
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
"IceyJ;c-17538088" wrote:
Yes. Trash has stopped accumulating in the dumpster and I don't know why. I do have the reuse & recycle lot trait but there's never anything in the dumpster anymore.

If it's a lot based dumpster you have to actively generate trash some way to have anything to rummage/dive for.

If you are washing dishes or have the Nano trashcan, for example, you won't generate trash from cleaning up dishes. You would generate trash if you have no sink and throw all the plates away in a regular bin.
janyses
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
"EmmaVane;c-17539186" wrote:
"IceyJ;c-17538088" wrote:
Yes. Trash has stopped accumulating in the dumpster and I don't know why. I do have the reuse & recycle lot trait but there's never anything in the dumpster anymore.

If it's a lot based dumpster you have to actively generate trash some way to have anything to rummage/dive for.

If you are washing dishes or have the Nano trashcan, for example, you won't generate trash from cleaning up dishes. You would generate trash if you have no sink and throw all the plates away in a regular bin.

Yeah, it's a dumpster on a residential lot. What about piles of trash that end up on the ground? My sim picks them up and takes them to a trash can. I assumed that once the regular trash cans fill, the dumpsters would fill. I'm just confused on how it all works.
troshalom
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
@IceyJ are you referring the EL dumpsters or regular trash cans in all of the worlds?
DragonAge_300905
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
I added my experiences with this at the EA Help site.
Aliana101
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
@IceyJ heres what works for me on lot
- I only have a dumpster in the corner of the lot, no trash can in the house
- I stop eating just before they finish or try to stop the clean up action, then I manually move the bowl to the dumpster
- One empty/partial bowl seems to get gets 3-5 dumpsters actions (dive/recycle etc). Multiples create more
- With my freegan on community lots, I intersperse dive for meals/ingredients every now and again so that I’ve always got something to ‘refill’ the dumpster

Hope that helps!
DragonAge_300905
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
@troshalom I know this is a bug because in a game I played in Newcrest. I made a generic dumpster lot next door to my sim's lot. I didn't have to hang out at the generic lot to collect from the dumpsters, I just traveled to the lot after two sim days. I was able to collect from the dumpsters and didn't have to put trash in them to dive or sort for componets, etc.

Eta. The non build able parts in the neighborhoods need both the recycle and landfill traits to rummage in the trash bins.