{"id":238901,"date":"2025-09-19T12:30:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T12:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/238901\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T12:30:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T12:30:11","slug":"sanitation-commissioner-talks-nycs-trash-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/238901\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanitation commissioner talks NYC\u2019s trash revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The city is taking out the trash in more ways than one.<\/p>\n<p>This week, Mayor Eric Adams said qualified homeowners will soon receive automatic <a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/news\/2025\/09\/18\/nyc-homeowners-could-get-cash-back-for-their-trash-bins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rebate checks to cover the cost of the city\u2019s new trash bins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Each check will go to one- and two-family homeowners who receive the STAR or E-STAR tax credit. That covers the price of a single NYC Bin, which will be required for curbside pickup starting June 2026.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the city is expanding its \u201cEmpire Bin\u201d program.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Sanitation will roll out the large, <a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/news\/2025\/09\/16\/stationary-on-street-trash-bins-set-to-roll-out-in-parts-of-brooklyn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rat-resistant curbside containers this fall<\/a> in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. The bins will first be installed outside schools before expanding to every school and high-density residential building in Brooklyn Community District 2 next year.<\/p>\n<p>And while New Yorkers focus on trash, the city is also preparing for the months ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Salt spreaders and plows were spotted in Manhattan this week, rehearsing routes in advance of the winter season.<\/p>\n<p>To talk about the city\u2019s \u201ctrash revolution,\u201d Acting Sanitation Commissioner Javier Lojan joined \u201cMornings On 1\u201d Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Tap the video player above to watch the full interview.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The city is taking out the trash in more ways than one. This week, Mayor Eric Adams said&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":238902,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,13565,104767,7448,104768,405,403,50,5226,5225,5228,5227,80,13570,52,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,5284],"class_list":{"0":"post-238901","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-app-local-state-politics","10":"tag-app-mornings-on-1","11":"tag-app-top-stories","12":"tag-mornings-on-1","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-newyork","17":"tag-newyorkcity","18":"tag-ny","19":"tag-nyc","20":"tag-politics","21":"tag-spectrum-news-staff","22":"tag-top-stories","23":"tag-united-states","24":"tag-united-states-of-america","25":"tag-unitedstates","26":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","27":"tag-us","28":"tag-usa","29":"tag-vod"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115230973943718876","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}