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The bags of garbage are a historical relic. The city allowed trash in bags during as an emergency measure during the 1968 garbage collectors' strike: the metal
by tetromino_ 3y ago
The bags of garbage are a historical relic. The city allowed trash in bags during as an emergency measure during the 1968 garbage collectors' strike: the metal trash bins were overflowing and garbage on the street in bags was better than garbage on the street raw. The strike ended, decades passed, but the rules were never updated until the last couple years when the city has finally began strongly incentivizing, and in some cases mandating, bins.
- screenoridesaga 3y agoThat explanation sounds real, but it isn’t. Really weird, why make something like this up?
- tetromino_ 3y agoI did not make it up; I read it at https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2022/03/22/trash-city-new-york-is-filthy-and-the-fault-is-government-inertia https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2022/03/22/trash-city-new-york-i... (see "Hooked on plastic" section in the article). If you believe that this account is wrong, I am interested in hearing the true story, and seeing some sources if you have them.