Smart Cities Dive article: New York's mayor-elect faces calls for cleaner streets, modernized waste systems
December 6th, 2021: the Put Waste to Work campaign is featured in an article on Smart Cities Dive. The article highlights the need for modernized waste systems and multiagency cooperation to achieve better street cleanliness, and quotes Clare Miflin and Ben Miller of the Center for Zero Waste Design alongside Claire Weisz of WXY.
Recommended measures from Put Waste to Work cited include optimization of DSNY's collection routing, scaling up the use of on-street or sidewalk containers for aggregated collection, retrofitting its fleet to support the collection of submerged or surface containers, and placing related requirements on large buildings.
Read the full article on the Smart Cities Dive website here.
Image credit: Clare Miflin
Smart Cities Dive article: New York's mayor-elect faces calls for cleaner streets, modernized waste systems
December 6th, 2021: the Put Waste to Work campaign is featured in an article on Smart Cities Dive. The article highlights the need for modernized waste systems and multiagency cooperation to achieve better street cleanliness, and quotes Clare Miflin and Ben Miller of the Center for Zero Waste Design alongside Claire Weisz of WXY.
Recommended measures from Put Waste to Work cited include optimization of DSNY's collection routing, scaling up the use of on-street or sidewalk containers for aggregated collection, retrofitting its fleet to support the collection of submerged or surface containers, and placing related requirements on large buildings.
Read the full article on the Smart Cities Dive website here.
Image 1 credit: Peter Schon
Image 2 credit: NYC Department of Sanitation
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