New York City’s mountains of trash bags could be stored in European-style shared containers instead of languishing on sidewalks — but officials say a new type of garbage truck must be created for the idea to work.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.New York City’s mountains of trash bags could be stored in European-style shared containers instead of languishing on sidewalks — but officials said in a report released Wednesday that a new type of garbage truck must be created for the idea to work.
The report states there is no model of truck in the U.S. with “side loaders” that could lift bins so heavy in a city as dense as New York. There are trucks in European cities that could do the job, but sanitation officials wrote “they do not meet federal, state, and local emissions and safety standards so they cannot be imported for domestic use.”
The report also said that high-density neighborhoods like the Financial District and Downtown Brooklyn will not be able to have street container bins.
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