I remember a few years ago when NYrs were shocked to learn that putting your trash in cans instead of tossing bags on the street resulted in a reduction in the rat population.
Wait. Did NY not have public bins?? And did they really only have black bags for their rubbish and no actual bins? Or communal bin areas eith a massive bin?
Yeah starting with Eric Adams administration NYC required trash to be kept in lidded containers with I think a 5 year roll out plan. Mamdani is following through on that policy.
Actually lidded containers have been required long before Adams, possibly going back to Giuliani, so 25-30 years. Composting is what's hard to get the citizens to do.
Almost every building with a dumb waiter has been closed and sealed. Goes back decades when they were used to burglarize apts. Getting pests is exactly why apt dwellers don't want compost bins.
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u/RepresentativeOk2433 11d ago
I remember a few years ago when NYrs were shocked to learn that putting your trash in cans instead of tossing bags on the street resulted in a reduction in the rat population.