NYC finally joins the 21st century.
As of Friday, all 200,000 businesses in the Big Apple are required to put out their bags of trash in garbage bins, as communities across the county and world have long done.
The requirement is the next phase in the city’s efforts to curb what Mayor Eric Adams’ administration has called a “24-hour rat buffet” of trash on sidewalks.
The city in August started requiring restaurants, convenience stores and bars to use a sturdy trash can with a secure lid and extended the requirement to chain stores the following month.
Totally agree! I’ve often wondered why New York doesn’t do this. Even retro-fitting exists streets wouldn’t be that hard. Remove one parking spot and you could put garbage, recycling, and even organic waste there! And while there’s capital costs in setting this up, I expect savings would more than make-up for this by having to pickup less often and only ~1 stop a block instead of each individual unit.
Here’s a NotJustBikes video about how waste is handled in Amsterdam if anyone’s unfamiliar with these underground bins.
Because just underneath New York City streets immediately begins a myriad of tunnels and pipes and wires, and all kinds of other crazy shit. It may just not be practical on existing roads and streets.
Sure, but they should have that mapped out and could do it on some existing roads where those obstacles don’t exist. I don’t think it has to be an “all or nothing” solution. Even on newer streets where you can’t bury disposal storage, there’s potential to put that infrastructure on the surface (with attention to vehicle sightlines, etc) until the road is rebuilt in 50+ years.
LOL my god no they don’t have it mapped. The city mostly doesn’t have a clue. NYC went through explosive growth in the 20th century though an explosion of different technologies. It’s wild down there.
Yeah, by new street, I mean whenever they tear the street up for repaving/accessing utilities. All streets are rebuilt every few decades.