{"id":166206,"date":"2024-07-22T04:55:16","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T08:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wasteadvantagemag.com\/?p=166206"},"modified":"2025-01-27T23:04:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T04:04:27","slug":"trash-bin-thieves-pose-obstacle-to-nycs-push-to-get-garbage-bags-off-sidewalks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wasteadvantagemag.com\/trash-bin-thieves-pose-obstacle-to-nycs-push-to-get-garbage-bags-off-sidewalks\/","title":{"rendered":"Trash Bin Thieves Pose Obstacle to NYC’s Push to Get Garbage Bags Off Sidewalks"},"content":{"rendered":"
New York City\u2019s impending trash revolution is hitting bumps in the road as some property and business owners say thieves are stealing their trash bins right off the sidewalks. By November, any residential building with nine or fewer units will be required to curb its trash in containers with secure lids. The same mandate has been in place for city businesses since March.<\/p>\n
In two years, the city will require those bins to be replaced by the official NYC Bin. It\u2019s part of Mayor Eric Adams’ effort to containerize waste across the city with the goal of eliminating the piles of trash bags from sidewalks, which would in turn reduce a key food source for rats. But the change has already frustrated Rockaway resident David Selig, 59, who bought trash bins for a set of Queens rental properties he owns. He began using the bins at his buildings in April, months before he\u2019s required to do so.<\/p>\n
His bins soon started disappearing. Within weeks, Selig said he lost six of them to thieves. He noted they cost roughly $100 apiece, and he\u2019s refraining from buying new ones until the sanitation department\u2019s bin requirements take effect in November. \u201cI believe my experience is a sample of a growing trend,\u201d said Selig \u201cI was finding myself frustrated on a biweekly basis by cans that would be disappearing.\u201d<\/p>\n
New York City\u2019s impending trash revolution is hitting bumps in the road as some property and business owners say thieves are stealing their trash bins right off the sidewalks. By […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1792,"featured_media":25579,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,122],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-166206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-collection-transfer-news","category-newsletter-headline"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n