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Adams Must Avoid Berlin Wall of Sidewalk Garbage Cans: Experts

The Adams administration's refusal to put containers in the street could clog sidewalks and thwart a promising policy initiative, according to a new report.

October 17, 2024

Garbage Company Involved in Fatal Crash Will Ply Streets of Eastern Queens, Too

The private garbage company whose truck driver struck and killed a Manhattan pedestrian on Thursday according to police has won the right to pick up trash in a wide swath of Southeast Queens, raising concern for safety there.

May 17, 2024

Waste Reforms Could Require Data on Crashes, Dangerous Driving

The proposal affects at least one trucking company with a deadly driving record.

May 7, 2024

‘White Whale’: Sanitation Launches Call for European-style Curbside Bins

The city's search for its first standard curbside trash container is officially underway, Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced Friday.

March 8, 2024

Monday’s Headlines: Trash Talk from The NY Times Edition

The best story over the weekend was a long feature story in the Times about the "absurd" problem of trash collection in New York City.

March 4, 2024

First Trash of History: City Starts Containerized Garbage Collection In West Harlem

It's a small but important step to get rid of the Big Apple’s notorious 5-o'clock shadow of heaps of sidewalk trash.

September 15, 2023

Sanitation Ends Hells Kitchen Containerized Trash Pickup Pilot Early

These garbage containers must make way for the next generation of containers.

August 23, 2023

City’s New Trash Containerization Still Keeps Garbage in Pedestrians’ Way

Putting trash in containers is great for combatting rats, but "it's insulting" to pedestrians, said one of the city's foremost advocates.

June 28, 2023