Transformed garbage waste piles in numerous Brooklyn parking spaces to be eliminated with upcoming installation of trash bins by the city.
Mayor Eric Adams has announced plans to install large on-street garbage bins in hundreds of parking spaces across Brooklyn's densely populated neighbourhoods over the next year. This initiative, which continues a pilot program that has brought trash containers to streets in parts of Harlem, aims to address issues of waste management and rat infestations.
The city plans to add 1,500 more of these bins in Brooklyn's Community Board 2, including neighbourhoods like Boerum Hill, Brooklyn Heights, and Fort Greene. Schools in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill will get the bins as soon as this fall.
The bins can only be opened with special keys held by building supers or sanitation department crews. The garbage trucks that empty the bins are purchased by the sanitation department and cost $500,000 each. Roughly 1,100 bins have already been deployed in Upper Manhattan.
Landlords of buildings with 10 to 30 units can either request a container to be installed on their street or use city-sanctioned wheeled trash bins. For buildings with more than 30 units, the use of the containers will be mandatory once they're installed next year.
The mayor, Eric Adams, considers the containerization a massive success and plans to continue in the right direction. He has credited the initiative for helping him deal with rat problems at his co-owned four-unit building in Brooklyn, which has received several citations for rat evidence since he took office in 2022.
Sanitation officials will conduct door-to-door outreach to plan the wider rollout. Kathleen Corradi, the city's "rat czar," stated that removing piles of trash bags from the streets makes life harder for rats. Getting piles of trash bags off the streets, according to Corradi, increases the stress level, competition, and reduces the ability of rats to reproduce.
Rome Lockett, a Fort Greene resident, expressed excitement about the containers but warned that drivers might be upset due to limited space. Lockett, who doesn't have a car, finds the trade-off reasonable.
Zohran Mamdani, the front-runner in the mayoral election in November, has indicated that he would continue the effort if he wins. However, a search for information about a candidate who supports the progress of the containerization program for street waste in the November 2022 election did not yield any results.
Rome Lockett's sentiments seem to be shared by many in Fort Greene. The rollout of the garbage bins in Fort Greene seems reasonable, according to Lockett. As the city moves forward with this initiative, it remains to be seen how it will impact the daily lives of Brooklyn residents and the city's waste management system.
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