A few years ago when we were in Japan, our tour guide regaled us with a story about waste management in the big cities. She said many people eat their meals outdoors on their lunch breaks, but this resulted in the lunchtime refuse quickly overflowing the trash cans and blowing around the town. To my way of thinking, the solution would be to add more trash cans. The Japanese? Not so much. Instead, they got *rid* of the trash cans. Now, with no nearby place to dispose of it, the lunchtimers had to cart their trash back home/to the office/the car for disposal. It was a success! No more overflowing trash bins or wax wrappers tumbling into the gutters.
Now, it seems NYC is trying a similar experiment. I think its a noble exercise and wonder how they calculated the number of trash cans to remove. According to this article, they pulled them from two busy stations, but local purveyors are complaining that trash is being displaced into their area. I think, to be successful, there must be wholesale removal. All trash cans, gone! City wide! Who's with me?!
News Flash for MTA & me: NYC is not Japan.
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