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They could adopt Taiwan's musical garbage trucks with zero investment in new garbage containers or loss of parking. Garbage bags go directly from properties into the truck, spending no time festering on the sidewalk.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMQ1NfjPauw



That would require:

- ensuring the truck arrives at or around the same time every week

- forcing people to be at home to throw out their garbage

Both of those are complete non-starters in NYC.

Much easier to use the system that nearly every other large city in the developed world uses (containerized trash collection).




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