{"id":110,"date":"2023-05-08T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/?p=110"},"modified":"2023-05-18T18:35:42","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T18:35:42","slug":"streetsblog-nyc-waste-containerization-will-be-big-lift-but-could-be-historic-change-for-trash-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/2023\/05\/08\/streetsblog-nyc-waste-containerization-will-be-big-lift-but-could-be-historic-change-for-trash-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Streetsblog NYC: Waste Containerization Will Be Big Lift, But Could Be Historic Change for Trash City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Find the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/nyc.streetsblog.org\/2023\/05\/08\/analysis-waste-containerization-will-be-big-lift-but-could-be-historic-change-for-trash-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Kevin Duggan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mountains of trash, mountains of politics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Department of Sanitation documented in a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dsny.cityofnewyork.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/reports\/future-of-trash-april-2023.pdf\">much-anticipated report<\/a>&nbsp;that the Big Apple&nbsp;<em>can<\/em>&nbsp;containerize the garbage that lines city sidewalks, but to make it work, Mayor Adams will have to invest in a wholesale overhaul of the world\u2019s largest municipal trash collection agency&nbsp;<em>and<\/em>&nbsp;convince New Yorkers to accept the transformation of 150,000 curbside spots in residential neighborhoods that drivers long ago commandeered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes, the city will likely have to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on new trucks that don\u2019t currently exist and deploy hundreds of thousands of new containers across much of the five boroughs \u2014 but given how difficult it is for city agencies to remove even one parking space for public benefit in a residential neighborhood, the largest challenge may simply be repurposing street \u201cparking\u201d spaces for the curbside boxes, a factor of 10 more than are currently occupied by Citi Bike docks or outdoor dining sheds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/nyc.streetsblog.org\/2023\/05\/08\/analysis-waste-containerization-will-be-big-lift-but-could-be-historic-change-for-trash-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Kevin Duggan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mountains of trash, mountains of politics.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Sanitation documented in a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dsny.cityofnewyork.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/reports\/future-of-trash-april-2023.pdf\">much-anticipated report<\/a>&nbsp;that the Big Apple&nbsp;<em>can<\/em>&nbsp;containerize the garbage that lines city sidewalks, but to make it work, Mayor Adams will have to invest in a wholesale overhaul of the world\u2019s largest municipal trash collection agency&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/2023\/05\/08\/streetsblog-nyc-waste-containerization-will-be-big-lift-but-could-be-historic-change-for-trash-city\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":152,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/152"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}