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Sanitation: Trash Containerization Can Be Done With a Historic Reuse of Parking; Pilot to Start This Fall
The city can containerize its trash — and it will start testing that theory in Upper Manhattan.
May 3, 2023
NYCHA Trash Containerization Set to Launch in Coney Island
The city's plan to test containerized residential garbage collection at public housing developments will roll out in Brooklyn's Coney Island section, likely next year, according to the New York City Housing Authority.
April 27, 2023
Vanderbilt Avenue Open Street Could Be Model for Trash Containerization: Report
The Vanderbilt Avenue open street in Brooklyn could become a blueprint for how the city can finally containerize its trash for collection, a new analysis reveals.
March 28, 2023
Eyes on the Street: Trash Containerization Keeps Sidewalk Clear, But More Boxes Needed
The Sanitation Department's pilot project to collect residential garbage from containers on one city block has successfully kept the sidewalk clear of the usual mountains of garbage bags, but the city must add more boxes to fit all the trash.
February 3, 2023
EXCLUSIVE: Adams Administration Has Delayed Commercial Waste Reform That’s Required by Law
A law requiring an overhaul of the rogue private carting industry has been thwarted by the Adams administration — and the person who has spearheaded the program left the Department of Sanitation several months ago in “frustration," multiple sources told Streetsblog.
January 27, 2023
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
Analysis: City is Much Better Seizing Cars from Illegal Dumpers than Reckless Drivers
If only the Department of Transportation would start treating reckless drivers like garbage!
September 21, 2022
