New trash rules - can’t put garbage by curb until 8 p.m.

[k-bx-131e3]

Originally Posted by SeventhFloor

Actually they should look at retrofitting the buildings so that the waste can be converted to energy and then we won't need garbage pick-up anymore

And the billions of $$ to do that will come from where?

And there will still be a byproduct that needs to be disposed of.

[SeventhFloor]

Originally Posted by k-bx-131e3

And the billions of $$ to do that will come from where?

And there will still be a byproduct that needs to be disposed of.

1. Cannabis sales

2. "Important quantities of metals and minerals are present in incineration bottom ashes and offer many opportunities for recycling. Bottom ash is composed of inert, non-combustible materials that are left over after the combustion process: sand, stones, and ash from burnt material, this is the so-called mineral fraction, which makes up 80-85% of IBA, and can be utilised as filling material for construction purposes (as a sub-base material in road construction substituting virgin gravel material, or concrete products, decreasing demand for energy-intensive concrete production).

IBA also contains metals that come from composite products, which makes them difficult to recycle such as nails in wooden objects, zippers in clothes, copper wire bits, and stainless-steel ballpoint pen tips. In fact, 10-12% of IBA is composed of ferrous metals and the remaining 2-5% is non-ferrous metals (of which 2/3 aluminium) (More in CEWEP Factsheet on Incineration Bottom Ash). All these materials can be extracted from the ash and further used as raw material at a lesser environmental cost than the production of virgin materials."

https://eswet.eu/giving-ash-a-new-li...rial-recovery/

[Werdywerd]

Originally Posted by BrooklynJo

The bins are the perfect solution. NY should enforce them very quickly.

Update the building codes to make sure that all new construction meet sanitation requirements where trash can be stored somewhere accessible by DOS that does not involve the sidewalk.

The garbage stinks in the summer and makes neighborhoods look hideous. Manhattan at night time looks like a dump.

So you want DSNY to go inside or lets say behind each building to grab garbage? Am I reading that right? From a special location?

Ok. All the cars sitting behind that truck will love that.

I will take about an hour to do each block in your world.

Do you know how heavy garbage is? How long do you think it would take for two san workers to hand carry garbage from a special hidden bin to the truck? Many buildings put out hundreds of bags, thats why it is on the curb so the truck can get close to it and they can toss it in quickly.

Sheesh.