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SNOW PROBLEM? Sanitation Has Bigger Fleet of Bike Lane Plows, But Same Old Car-First Cleanup Plan
New York's Strongest are gearing up to clear bike lanes of snow this winter — but they must still wait for car lanes first.
November 23, 2022
Citywide Composting Would Require $75M to Buy 170 Trucks: Commish
The Department of Sanitation will have to spend around $75 million to buy roughly 170 trucks if it has any chance of growing the Queens universal curbside organics collection into a robust citywide program, Commissioner Jessica Tisch told the Council last week.
November 21, 2022
DSNY’s Electric Trucks ‘Conk Out’ Too Quickly During Snow Plowing, Says Commish
Electric garbage trucks that the Department of Sanitation has been testing for the past two years are not up to the task of removing snow from the streets of the Big Apple, according to the agency's commissioner.
November 18, 2022
Friday’s Headlines: It’s a Dirty Job Edition
The big news yesterday was the "Get Stuff Done" mayor announcing a multi-agency "Get Stuff Clean" initiative. How big? That depends on him. Plus the rest of the news.
November 11, 2022
Queens Composting Overtakes Old Opt-in Program, But Still Has a Long Way to Go
Queens is getting its crap together.
October 24, 2022
Tuesday’s Headlines: Trash Talk Edition
The big news of the day was that the Adams administration is finally taking a razor to New York's 5 o'clock shadow. Plus other news.
October 18, 2022
EXCLU: Sanitation Department Hires McKinsey for Containerization Study
The global management consultancy will assist in designing a citywide pilot to get trash off sidewalks and into large bins.
October 3, 2022
Manhattan Community Board Demands Stricter Sanitation Rules for Apartments
Community Board 4 wrote to Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch to outline a raft of new regulations that could curtail New York's infamous "5 o'clock shadow" — and unanimously offered the neighborhood as a laboratory for change.
October 3, 2022
NYCHA To Pilot ‘Clean Curbs for All’ — With Hopes of Full Containerization of Trash
The nation's largest housing authority will lead the city's effort on waste containerization, according to documents.
September 27, 2022
Sanitation Dept’s ‘Clean Curbs’ Program Spreads to Staten Island
Brooklyn's Pitkin Avenue BID also gets a trash corral as the containerization effort moves into more locations.
September 27, 2022
