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Rats feast on New York’s City's bagged garbage. Can putting it in bins end the smorgasbord?

When the bags inevitably leak or break open, they spill litter into the street, providing smorgasbords for rats. In the winter, the trash mounds get buried in snow and remain frozen in place for days, sometimes weeks, reinforcing the city’s reputation as filthy.

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New York City is now requiring some residents place their trash into garbage bins for pickup

New York City is now requiring some residents place their trash into garbage bins for pickup. Earlier this month, people living in residences with less than 10 units were required

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Rat trash smorgasbord: New York City hopes new bins with lids will end the feast

For half a century, New York City residents have taken out their trash by flinging plastic bags stuffed with stinking garbage straight onto the sidewalk.

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Ratpocalypse Now

Those rat-proof bins? Not rat-proof after all.

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New York City's Battle Against the Sidewalk Sanitation Scourge

New York City has introduced a new requirement for residential and business buildings to use covered trash bins instead of plastic bags. This move, aimed at reducing litter and rat problems, has faced ...

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