US EditionStationary on-street trash bins set to roll out in parts of Brooklyn
The program mandates rodent-resistant bins for large buildings and schools, following a pilot that deployed 1,100 bins and achieved nine months of reduced rat sightings, officials said.
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Brooklyn neighborhoods getting 'Empire Bins' to fight city's rat, trash problem
Mayor Eric Adams is inducting a new borough into his "trash revolution," a plan slowly rolled out across New York City to containerize garbage and combat the city's longstanding rat crisis.
New York City’s protracted struggle against garbage bags stacked on sidewalks, and rats feeding on them, escalates in Brooklyn. The city will begin installing fixed containers on the street, known as Empire Bins, in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill this fall, announced Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday. The Department of Sanitation will begin placing rat-proof containers on the sidewalks in front of schools in both neighborhoods before installing them in …
Fort Greene and Clinton Hill will be next NYC neighborhoods to fully containerize trash
Fort Greene and Clinton Hill are following West Harlem’s lead and will become the next neighborhoods in New York City to fully containerize trash. Mayor Eric Adams and Department of Sanitation Commissioner Javier Lojan on Tuesday announced that schools in Brooklyn Community District 2 will receive on-street trash containers, known as Empire Bins, this fall, with all high-density residential buildings in the area scheduled to follow next year. Bu…
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