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There's no confusion. The only solution are distributed dumpsters/large containers, which are not popular because nobody wants a dumpster in from of their buil

There's no confusion. The only solution are distributed dumpsters/large containers, which are not popular because nobody wants a dumpster in from of their building

LAC-Tech 4y ago
Not meaning to come off condescending, but have you considered how other cities around the world have solved this? The Taiwan solution (garbage truck comes at the same time every day, stops briefly, you throw your rubbish in) seems to work well.
- chimeracoder 4y ago
  > The Taiwan solution (garbage truck comes at the same time every day, stops briefly, you throw your rubbish in) seems to work well. That requires - not running trash collection overnight/early morning when people are sleeping - guaranteeing that the truck arrives at a consistent and predictable time - forcing people to be at home at a certain time to throw out their trash All of those are absolutely non-starters in NYC. Much better to use the solution that every other city in the developed world uses (putting trash in dumpsters)
SoftTalker 4y ago
> nobody wants a dumpster in from of their building Yet they are happy with a large pile of black plastic trash bags leaking all over the sidewalk in front of their building?
- chimeracoder 4y ago
  > Yet they are happy with a large pile of black plastic trash bags leaking all over the sidewalk in front of their building? Trash bags don't block parking spaces. That's what the elected officials blocking this actually care about.
  - mathgorges 4y ago
    This notion confuses me (I’ve never been to NYC) Couldn’t they put smaller dumpsters in the same space the trash bag piles currently occupy?
chimeracoder 4y ago
> The only solution are distributed dumpsters/large containers, which are not popular because nobody wants a dumpster in from of their building That's not been the sticking point, empirically. The issue is that the politicians who can implement this don't want to give up the free parking spots. It's the loss of free parking that's the motivator, not the dumpster itself.

There's no confusion. The only solution are distributed dumpsters/large containers, which are not popular because nobody wants a dumpster in from of their building

LAC-Tech 4y ago

Not meaning to come off condescending, but have you considered how other cities around the world have solved this? The Taiwan solution (garbage truck comes at the same time every day, stops briefly, you throw your rubbish in) seems to work well.

chimeracoder 4y ago
> The Taiwan solution (garbage truck comes at the same time every day, stops briefly, you throw your rubbish in) seems to work well. That requires - not running trash collection overnight/early morning when people are sleeping - guaranteeing that the truck arrives at a consistent and predictable time - forcing people to be at home at a certain time to throw out their trash All of those are absolutely non-starters in NYC. Much better to use the solution that every other city in the developed world uses (putting trash in dumpsters)

SoftTalker 4y ago

> nobody wants a dumpster in from of their building Yet they are happy with a large pile of black plastic trash bags leaking all over the sidewalk in front of their building?

chimeracoder 4y ago
> Yet they are happy with a large pile of black plastic trash bags leaking all over the sidewalk in front of their building? Trash bags don't block parking spaces. That's what the elected officials blocking this actually care about.
- mathgorges 4y ago
  This notion confuses me (I’ve never been to NYC) Couldn’t they put smaller dumpsters in the same space the trash bag piles currently occupy?

chimeracoder 4y ago

> The only solution are distributed dumpsters/large containers, which are not popular because nobody wants a dumpster in from of their building That's not been the sticking point, empirically. The issue is that the politicians who can implement this don't want to give up the free parking spots. It's the loss of free parking that's the motivator, not the dumpster itself.