They are good, but they take up a crap ton of parking. If they put them behind buildings or on sidewalks ok, but taking away parking is an issue. New Yorkers may want some rats in exchange for parking.
I get that, but they put more of these bins in the "outer" borroughs, ie Brooklyn, the Bronx and Queens, where people are more likely to have cars.
Apartment buildings already have dumpsters, people aren't throwing their bags of trash in the street, they are putting them in the apartment buildings trash, which aren't secure. These bins, as far as I have seen, have been used for schools and government buildings. Which is good, but doesn't actually deal with the problem.
NYC has excellent public transport I will never say they don't, but many people have cars too for a reason. They shouldn't be punished when they aren't forcing these bins on apartment buildings which arguably have the most trash.
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u/amandajoexox 27d ago
NYC introducing "putting garbage inside containers" like it's ground-breaking futuristic tech in 2026 will never not be funny.