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May 31, 2019

Pipe Dream or Future of NYC Trash Removal?

The City of New York sifts through 11,000 tons of trash per day along with 2,000 tons of recyclables. That’s a remarkable amount garbage, but even more amazing is managing to find ways to efficiently deal with all this waste. Could a pneumatic pipe collection system work? The (air-related/air-operated) piping system idea works something like this: Trash is literally sucked through a complicated web of underground pipes like a vacuum. These pipes would run from city streets and buildings (the drop off points) to area waste facilities. The technology itself is nothing new, and the city already has quite a large underground (basic equipment needed for a business or society to […]

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Reduce Waste Today

Reduce Waste Today With Regency Recycling Corp NU recycles more than 1,800 tons of the 5,300 tons of waste generated annually, representing a 34 percent diversion rate. While this is a great start, let’s get our recycling numbers up and waste figure down! Eliminating the amount of waste you put in the landfill lowers greenhouse gas emissions

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Monopolies Would Make a Mess of Garbage Carting in the City

A Franchise System Proposed for Commercial Waste Hauling is a Solution in Search of a Problem By Gregory Bianco New York City’s commercial garbage business has undergone a renaissance ever since then-Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau and then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani broke up the old mob cartel and helped to create an efficient, competitive industry under the aegis

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