Take Out the Trash! Bava Kama 30 Today's daf (and previous ones) talk a lot about what public spaces looked like and what was allowed there. Today we discuss the specifics of throwing your garbage into the street as well as leaving it there to compost. What did ancient streets look like? Was there garbage collection? Seems like streets were pretty nasty places till very recently (the Ottoman Turks cleared away Jerusalem's garbage once a year) but a recent fascinating archaeological discovery suggests that Jerusalem actually had municipal garbage collection two thousand years ago. Here is the Haaretz article with certain relevant highlights bolded. Thanks Tzvi Bessin for the article! Today we are also advanced in our garbage collection http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/ archaeology/.premium-1.727585 *Ha’aretz* June 28, 2016 4:23 PM *Archaeology* *Ancient Romans, Jews Invented Trash Collection, Archaeology of Jerusalem Hints* *Archaeologists digging u