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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
NYC to Contractors: We Want To Get Serious About Trash Containerization
Forget about the small-ball (and bin!) pilots. This is the Big Kehuna — a 'scalable' pilot that will modify 'sanitation fleets and staffing practices.'
August 22, 2022
OPINION: With Composting, Give the People More Options
If the city wants composting to go mainstream, it must make as many composting options as accessible as possible. Scalability is about choice: Plan for every situation.
August 14, 2022
After an Epic Fail, the City Relaunches Residential Composting
The Sanitation Department will begin universal organics pick-up in one borough — Queens — on Oct. 3. Will it work this time?
August 8, 2022
OH, RATS! Experts Say Outdoor Dining is Not to Blame for the City’s Rodent Problem
Critics of outdoor dining need to stop rat-cheting up the rhetoric on dining areas, experts say.
August 8, 2022
GROSS: ‘Clean Curbs’ Bins Show Growing Pains in Times Square
The Sanitation Department's "Clean Curbs" pilot — trash enclosures in Times Square that were installed a mere three months ago — is a bit of a mess.
July 20, 2022
