TRASH TOWN : Why is the New York so filthy? And what can be done about it?

[andhra_jp]

Why are black garbage bags on the sidewalk New York’s 5 o’clock shadow?

The greatest and richest city in the world is being embarrassed by other municipalities when it comes to nearly every facet of how we generate, sort, store, 
and recycle the more than 12,000 tons of waste handled by the Sanitation Department every day.

More than 30 percent of household trash that we send to landfills is organic waste that can be recycled as compost and converted into biogas.
We need laws that force New Yorkers to recycle their organics (just like many businesses are currently forced to recycle theirs) and pay money for excessive trash pickup 

“It’s actually hurting businesses, and it’s hurting the economy, because it makes New York City a less desirable place to live and a less desirable place to run a business.”

https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2022/03/22/trash-city-new-york-is-filthy-and-the-fault-is-government-inertia/