Trash Bag Mountain Ban Starts 2024 For All NYC Businesses

All commercial businesses in the city will have to put their trash in secure, lidded containers starting March 1, 2024, said Mayor Eric Adams. Adams said his announcement Tuesday actually targets "Public Enemy Number 1": rats. The city's mountains of black trash bags no more will be a "rat buffet," said the rodent-hating mayor. The upcoming container rule will take 20 million pounds of trash, or half the city's waste, off the rats' plate, he said. "Starting in March, all of those black bags will be off our streets," he...