NYC to Require Trash Bins for Small Buildings by 2024, Eliminating 'Rat Buffets' from Garbage Bags
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New DSNY rule requires small residential buildings with 9 or fewer units to use bins for trash by fall 2024. This covers 95% of residential buildings.
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Last month DSNY required commercial businesses to containerize waste. When rules take effect, 70% of city's trash will be in bins.
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Goal is to eliminate "all-night, all-you-can-eat rat buffet" from trash bags and improve cleanliness.
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Official NYC bins required starting summer 2026, costing building owners $50 or less. Trucks will be retrofitted with tippers.
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Larger buildings produce 60% of residential trash. DSNY piloting street containers in Harlem and developing automated collection trucks.