City could t rat-proof trash bins on nearly all streets

Getting garbage off sidewalks would require removing 150,000 parking spots, an eagerly awaited study says

BY NICK GARBER

Rather than dumping smelly bags of garbage on its sidewalks, the city could install trash containers on nearly all of its streets, according to an eagerly awaited report released last week by the Department of Sanitation.

About 89% of streets could accommodate containerized trash bins, covering more than three-quarters of the city’s residential waste—although a citywide program would require a new eet of trucks and more frequent pickups in some places, the study concluded. e report, written with the help of the consulting rm McKinsey, had been commissioned in the fall of 2022 as the Adams administration sought to bring New York in line with the dozens of other global cities that containerize their waste in some form. e city ultimately paid McKinsey $1.6 million for the study, down from the $4 million it initially estimated, a Sanitation Department representative said.

Implementing containerization citywide would require replacing about 150,000 park-

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The iconic Kellogg’s Diner in Williamsburg is now on the market ing spaces—10% of the city’s residential total—with new bins shared by multiple buildings. But about half of the city’s streets, especially in low-density neighborhoods in the outer boroughs, could accommodate smaller bins serving individual addresses, the report said.

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