@ncweaver.skerry-tech.com@bsky.brid.gy
2026-04-19 14:35 UTC
It always struck me as strange that NY City didn't switch to a containerized strategy for trash collection decades ago. Not a NYer, but how much of that was corruption encouraging maintenance of a less efficient system: Containerized pickup has more CAPEX but far less OPEX.
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@ncweaver.skerry-tech.com@bsky.brid.gy 2026-04-19 14:50
Ah, I think I see one possible reasons: I've always lived in areas where there is a municipal contract and a direct charge for service (and the charge varies by size of bin). New York City is "free", which means the costs are indirect, so less of a money-saving motivation to switch to containers.