Last October the MTA started an interesting experiment. Without telling anyone, they removed all the trash cans from the Eighth Street N/R and the Main Street 7 stations in an effort to reduce trash. And, despite skepticism from almost everyone, the plan seems to be working as hoped. But it is hard to determine much of statistical value from just two stations. So now, AMNY reports, the MTA is looking to expand the program to a few more stops.
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Coming Soon To A Subway Station Near You: Fewer Trash Cans
Removing Garbage Cans Actually Helps Keep Stations Clean
Remember last year when the MTA decided to try an experiment and remove the platform trash cans from the Eighth Street on the N/R lines and Main Street on the 7 line stations? At the time we were all kind of skeptical that it might actually lead to a reduction in station trash. Well, aren't we pleasantly surprised: It apparently has been working!
MTA Trashes Subway Trash Bins To Reduce Trash
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?
NYC Is Turning Over 25,000 Corner Trash Cans
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.
MTA Trashes Wordy Old Garbage Cans
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!
Councilman Wants to See City Filled With Trashy Ads
City Councilman David Yassky announced a plan yesterday for the city to sell ads on its trash cans, a revenue source that he says could rake in $2.5 million. The city owns 25,000 trash receptacles that under Yassky's plan would all bear ads within two to three years. The move would also potentially put a stop to trash cans being funded out of Council members' budgets and then arriving on the streets with the only legal form of promotion currently allowed--emblazoned with the names of the Council members themselves. How close would this all lead us to designer trash cans? Garbage bins in Tompkins Square Park recently began getting spruced up with pink and polka-dotted bags designed by a local artist.
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