NYC has lagged behind the UK in waste disposal. But with wheelie bins replacing bin bags, we’re finally catching up, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes
‘Pyramids of sagging black bin bags are piled high on New York pavements, oozing bin juice and adding to the city’s rat problem.’‘Pyramids of sagging black bin bags are piled high on New York pavements, oozing bin juice and adding to the city’s rat problem.’NYC has lagged behind the UK in waste disposal. But with wheelie bins replacing bin bags, we’re finally catching upCity, with a unit on every other corner you could open and close via an app.
You have probably seen the visuals: pyramids of sagging black bin bags piled high on New York pavements, oozing bin juice and adding to the city’s rat problem.
And so a bin technology that has been in place in Britain for decades finally reaches New York although, unlike in Britain, New Yorkers will be asked to pay for it. By, landlords and property owners of, in the first instance, all buildings with one to nine residential units, will be required to buy wheelie bins from the city at roughly $50 a pop. Officials predict that this will reduce the amount of loose bin bags on New York’s sidewalks by 70%.
The wheelie bin rollout is part of a larger discussion about what to do with the refuse mountains created in high-density cities in an era of unprecedented waste. You can get fined for not separating the recycling in New York, but using composting bins for food waste isn’t compulsory.
Meanwhile, the real credit for any trash revolution should really be directed to the boots on the ground. One of my daughter’s favourite T-shirts features a photo of a large garbage truck under the acronym DSNY – the Department of Sanitation New York – and the legend “New York’s Strongest”. We talk a lot about New York Tough in relation to the fire and other emergency services.
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