"We have heard the same message as each new containerization rule was proposed: This is a great idea, but it is not going to work. Yet with every step, business owners, property managers, and homeowners have adjusted their habits and changed their decades-long way of doing things. The results of these changes are undeniable: We have cleaner streets and sidewalks, and for nine straight months, rat sightings reported to 311 have dropped when compared to the same month one year prior."
"At the same time, many Business Improvement Districts across the city that empty litter baskets as a supplemental service have continued to leave bags of trash on our sidewalks. Two years ago, these bags fit right in, as they would often sit next to other mountains of black trash bags. But as the Trash Revolution has moved across the city, eliminating black bags block by block, we know that this litter basket trash, too, needs to be off our sidewalks."
The city launched a trash containerization pilot program in Hamilton Heights in August 2023 to limit rat populations and clean neighborhood streets. The Trash Revolution aims to eliminate black trash bags and replace them with containerized collection across the city, prompting businesses, property managers, and homeowners to change long-standing habits. Reported rat sightings to 311 have dropped for nine straight months compared with the same months the prior year. The Department of Sanitation has engaged Business Improvement Districts, proposed a rule to prevent litter-basket bags on sidewalks, and offered tailored solutions such as smaller wheelie bins.
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