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Well, they find the space to store their trash right now. So they definitely have enough space. The amount of trash would presumably roughly be the same before and after this change.

Eg they could sacrifice some street parking spots for the bins.

They could even charge the bins the same amount of money they charge for street parking (and fold these costs into the costs for trash disposal they charge trash producers).




> Eg they could sacrifice some street parking spots for the bins.

Taking away curb parking is one of the most heated political issues in the US.

It's controversial enough to take away parking to make the road safer for pedestrians and other drivers (new daylighting law in SF), so I can't imagine how hard it would be to do it for some trash cans.


Someone should try to campaign on turning all NYC sidewalks into parking spots.




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