Not a NYC dweller here, but what in the world constitutes a “modern” trash bin? Isn’t a bin a bin? Do the bins drive around picking up trash autonomously? Did NYC just not have them at all or something?
not about NY, but in melbourne we have a bunch of solar powered bins that compact the waste when it gets close to full so they can fit about 3x more in it before it needs collection
the city also has a city-wide LoRA network that they use for various sensors, so they could also easily (and cheaply) signal that they need collection
That sounds like a really good way to attract vermin of all sorts; bags will leak, break open or just otherwise be easily accessible by any critter that happens to roam by. If Ninja Turtles are anything to go by, I’m not sure I’d want those rats getting into my bags, 😛
Where I am (a small provincial town in north west France) we at least nice small bins on the street. With MASSIVE GREAT BIG BINS underground where the actual rubbish goes.
I’m in the woods of eastern Kentucky but we just have bins that we roll to the the of our driveway. At businesses and apartment complexes in town they usually have one large communal dumpster at the end of the parking lot, paid for by the business owner or landlord, and Rumpke (our local trash service) comes by on their day and just back the truck up to it and dump it. On some roads that have residences all along them they have these little forks that lift and dump the wheelie bins folks put out so they just drive down the road and don’t even have to get out of the truck.
In downtown NYC though if there are no parking lots, no alleyways, etc., I guess folks will just have to get creative. They could probably have a single dumpster per block or something instead of having one for every single customer on that street.
The trash bags were there one day a week for a few hours until they got picked up. These things will be taking up space all the time…
Also they weren’t stinkier than dumpsters can be, lol. Trash is trash. The NYC trash piles shock American tourists, but on a global scale it’s a pretty normal way to deal with trash. I’ve seen it in “nice” cities in both Europe and Asia.
Not a NYC dweller here, but what in the world constitutes a “modern” trash bin? Isn’t a bin a bin? Do the bins drive around picking up trash autonomously? Did NYC just not have them at all or something?
not about NY, but in melbourne we have a bunch of solar powered bins that compact the waste when it gets close to full so they can fit about 3x more in it before it needs collection
the city also has a city-wide LoRA network that they use for various sensors, so they could also easily (and cheaply) signal that they need collection
Oh that is a cool idea.
Oh, yah, no, they’ve just been putting trash bags on sidewalks instead of dumpsters or trash bins.
That sounds like a really good way to attract vermin of all sorts; bags will leak, break open or just otherwise be easily accessible by any critter that happens to roam by. If Ninja Turtles are anything to go by, I’m not sure I’d want those rats getting into my bags, 😛
NYC has a reputation for Rodents of Unusual Size, so I’m honestly not surprised.
Don’t forget about the giant turtles too!
Where I am (a small provincial town in north west France) we at least nice small bins on the street. With MASSIVE GREAT BIG BINS underground where the actual rubbish goes.
Nope, no alleys in NYC, nowhere to put dumpsters that isn’t in the way. Not sure where these are gonna go.
I’m in the woods of eastern Kentucky but we just have bins that we roll to the the of our driveway. At businesses and apartment complexes in town they usually have one large communal dumpster at the end of the parking lot, paid for by the business owner or landlord, and Rumpke (our local trash service) comes by on their day and just back the truck up to it and dump it. On some roads that have residences all along them they have these little forks that lift and dump the wheelie bins folks put out so they just drive down the road and don’t even have to get out of the truck.
In downtown NYC though if there are no parking lots, no alleyways, etc., I guess folks will just have to get creative. They could probably have a single dumpster per block or something instead of having one for every single customer on that street.
I guess in the same spots the giant stinky piles of trash bags have been going?
The trash bags were there one day a week for a few hours until they got picked up. These things will be taking up space all the time…
Also they weren’t stinkier than dumpsters can be, lol. Trash is trash. The NYC trash piles shock American tourists, but on a global scale it’s a pretty normal way to deal with trash. I’ve seen it in “nice” cities in both Europe and Asia.