City steps up street cleaning as workers remain anxious about returning
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced new initiatives to bolster the city’s sanitation and street cleanliness efforts. “New Yorkers deserve clean, safe communities and with this...
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Industry nears deal on trash collection
After months of haggling over how to haul millions of tons of garbage from New York’s streets, the city could vote on a new plan...
Trash zones a bad idea for commercial waste industry
New York City’s commercial waste industry needs serious reform. New Yorkers have seen too many media reports about incidents that put workers and the public...
City should learn from L.A.’s mistake on waste proposal
The City of New York is moving forward with a well-intentioned, but flawed proposal to create commercial waste zones where one hauling company will exclusively...
Residential composting effort keeping 10,000 lbs of garbage out of New York landfills every week
By Sabina Mollot Last summer, Rick Hayduk, the general manager of Stuyvesant Town, announced that the new owner was looking for ways to reduce the...