by Kim M 
If you thought the pilot composting program was good idea for Greenpoint then wait until you hear the latest news coming from the Department of Sanitation. The agency has officially upped its own ante by announcing that Greenpoint and Williamsburg streets will be getting nearly 200 new solar powered trash compactor bins in just a few short weeks.
Dubbed Big Belly Solar Compactors, these trash bins will be replacing the traditional green wire cans-a…
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Seems like it’s time for some new faces on CB1. Does Dealice Fuller really prefer the old overflowing metal bins where store owners illegally dump their trash, cardboard, florescent bulbs, etc. to these much nicer looking compactors, or is she just worried that DSNY didn’t come and kiss her ring before taking action?
Oh come on. Clutter the sidewalks? These things will be on the corners. Step around them and consider the fact that you won’t have to search for an empty trash can anymore.
And honestly anyone who resists a food scrap pick up program is being short sighted. It’s a great thing for the city and everyone who lives here if we send less shit to landfills.
Agreed. I’d rather walk around a new trash can than around the hoard surrounding Five Leaves.
You know what helps making pilot programs run smoothly? Giving them the “ol’ college try” rather than making up problems before they exist.
Those old school are constantly tipped over, spilling garbage into the street and sidewalk. I think the new ones look great.
I do think these are eyesores. Maybe they could be better designed. I question the long term effectiveness of the solar panels, as well as their durability. Does not compacted garbage result in a heavier load to transport, thus more gasoline? Maybe the transport could be improved upon. Does this not facilitate the production of even more waste? This is skirting the issue of waste rather than dealing with it, unless the compacted trash’s final conclusion is beneficial.
Eyesores? A rat running away with a half-eaten slice of pizza is an eyesore. Food rotting is an eyesore. Trash overflowing a bin is an eyesore. Maybe it will be better to stare at all that while we wait for a better design to arrive.
I hear what you say about the effectiveness of the solar panels, so I propose that we keep on living in filth until we manage to produce some panels that do the trick better than the existing ones.
Yes, compacted garbage will result in a heavier load to transport. I propose that we keep on using 4.25 trucks (less call it 4 trucks and a pickup) to do the job. Seeing all that action will keep us entertained while we wait for the new design and solar panels.
Now, I have to disagree with what you say about the production of waste. Do you know what really facilitates the production of even more waste?: Even more people in the hood, which, BTW, is what we are getting.
In conclusion, you maybe right. Implementing this program may just be skirting the issue of waste rather than dealing with it, but, to quote the movie “we’re drowning here, and you’re describing the water.”
@ Teo, totally true the garbage we are surrounded by now is peanuts compared to what is on the way via the supersize buildings to be built next to tiny sidewalks, on narrow streets.