Tag: trash

The city's newest rat-fighting measure: hard-sided trash bins with secure lids.

By Virginia Valerio Garbage has been piling up at the Frederick Douglass Houses in recent weeks, a long-term issue that was exacerbated when a trash compactor broke down.

Riverside Park has been taking away garbage cans and asking people to carry their trash out of the park with them, even if that means carrying around their steaming dog poop bags until they leave the park. The movement and removal of the cans has upset people who use the ...

July 6, 2012 Weather: Mostly Sunny, High of 89 Degrees.

The Central Park Conservancy has been moving trash cans in the park, trying to get them out of landscaped areas where people congregate and push the cans to the periphery. The decision is meant to make the park more attractive, make trash-pickup more