Over the next year, the Sanitation Department will distribute large Empire Bins to all residential buildings with 30 units or more in the six districts.
Containerized trash is expanding to six more New York City districts by the end of 2027, as the Mamdani administration targets citywide containerization by 2031. Businesses and low-density residential buildings are already required to put their trash bags in containers for pickup.
Over the next year, the Sanitation Department will distribute large Empire Bins to all residential buildings with 30 units or more in the six districts. Officials say 6,500 large Empire garbage bins will be rolled out for more than 3,500 buildings in this expansion.
Side-loading garbage trucks pull up to the bins and dump their contents into the compactor, so sanitation workers no longer must heave trash bags from the curb and around parked cars. The bins inevitably take up street parking. When fully implemented, they could take up thousands of parking spaces.
Smaller buildings with 10 to 30 units will have the option of using the larger bins or using wheeled trash cans, like low-density buildings.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani said in a statement, 'In the wealthiest city in the wealthiest nation in the history of the world, no New Yorker should have their sidewalks covered in garbage. By finishing the job on containerization, we will ensure New York City's streets remain the envy of the world. We have the plan, we're investing the money and we're delivering on the promise of clean, healthy streets for every neighborhood.'
Brooklyn's Sanitation District 8 -- Prospect Heights, Crown Heights, and WeeksvilleQueens District 2 -- Sunnyside, Hunters Point and Woodside
The citywide trash containerization plan was ushered in during the Adams administration and then-Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch back in 2023. The pilot program was in Harlem where rat sightings decreased 25%.
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