These became more convenient for sanitation workers because plastic bags were handy and could easily be thrown in the trucks while keeping odours from emitting out of the bag. In the fight against the ...

New trash trucks built with automated, side-loading arms — another innovation that is already common in many other places — will then clear them out. The upgrades should make pickups easier ...

A worker could grab the neck of a bag and easily fling it into a truck. But Democratic Mayor Eric Adams’ administration has deemed trash bag mounds Public Enemy No. 1 in his well-documented war ...

A worker could grab the neck of a bag and easily fling it into a truck. But Democratic Mayor Eric Adams’ administration has deemed trash bag mounds Public Enemy No. 1 in his well-documented war ...

11, 1968, as a sanitation worker removes the last of a mountain of refuse after a sanitation strike. (AP File Photo) A sanitation worker throws trash to the sanitation truck, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, ...