If you take away the subway platform trash cans, will there be less subway platform trash? The MTA, which clears 40 tons of trash a day from its system, is very interested in finding an answer to that very zen question. So interested, in fact, they've gone and removed the trash bins at the 8th Street N and R station in Manhattan and the Main St. station in Queens for the next two months. Guess those 5,000 new trash can logos they've been putting all over the system weren't doing the trick? more ›

In case you're wondering whether the rats have started fortifying themselves for the storm underneath garbage can forts...fear not: NYC is turning 25,000 corner trash cans upside down to reduce risk of hurting anyone, or flying through the air when Hurricane Irene arrives—in case it's slipped your mind, the hurricane is due to hit the city in the early hours of Sunday. They're asking residents not to touch or move them for the next 48 hours. However, we warn you to watch out for flying rats (and water rats) during the storm, especially since no one wants to come face-to-face with a 3-foot Gambian pouched rat. more ›

The MTA's constant battle with signage has claimed another victim. "Can It For A Greener Planet" trash cans, we hardly knew ye. Since February the MTA has slowly been rolling out a new, less wordy, garbage can decal that instead just says "Litter Stops Here." By the end of the year there should be 5,000 of the new cans in the system, according to the Times. The better to fill the garbage train! more ›