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Trash is seen next to a parking meter in Bay Ridge - Brooklyn, NY - Jun 6, 2011 (credit: Alex Silverman / WCBS 880)

Bay Ridge, Brooklyn Tries To Solve Trash Problem By Getting Rid Of Trash Cans

The problem isn’t unique to this neighborhood, says community board manager Josephine Beckman.

2011/06/06

Trash and debris are seen on a Sandy Hook beach in New Jersey - Apr 19, 2011 (credit: Peter Haskell / WCBS 880)

Record Amount Of Trash Hauled From N.J. Beaches

It’s a dubious distinction for New Jersey. Clean Ocean Action says 475,321 pieces of trash were collected from 127 miles of shoreline.

2011/04/19

Exasperated Residents Fed Up With Filthy NYC

The melting winter white is revealing some seriously unpleasant sights.

2011/02/18

Nyack, NY - File / Photo: Village of Nyack

Hopping Nyack Bar Scene Leaves Behind A Mess

Shop owners have given police a litany of complaints – noise, rowdy behavior, vandalism, and garbage, plus people urinating in the street and getting sick.

2011/02/08

L.I. Lawmaker: Flying Ice Should Be A Crime

A lawmaker on Long Island says drivers who leave huge chunks of snow and ice on their vehicles after a snowstorm should be subject to a ticket by the police.

2011/01/13

Dept. of Sanitation show plow in wrong position

NYC Promises Better Response For Next Snowfall

Heads were beginning to roll in the wake of the City’s agonizingly slow and poor response the to last week’s blizzard, and Mayor Michael Bloomberg is promising it will be different for Friday’s expected snowfall.

2011/01/06

Garbage piles up on the sidewalk on East 58th Street between First Avenue and Sutton Place on Manhattan's East Side. (Credit: Susan Richard/1010 WINS)

NYC Residents Frustrated By Delayed Trash Collection

If you’ve walked or driven on many streets in New York City, you know that mountains of snow have been replaced by piles of garbage. So how bad has the situation gotten?

2011/01/05

Garbage piled up outside 124 E. 107th Street in East Harlem following the Christmas blizzard. (Photo/Juliet Papa)

Anger Remains As Limited NYC Trash Pick-Up Begins

For many residents the stench from rotting garbage is getting to be worse than the mounds of dirty snow.

2011/01/03

Pileup of garbage at Flatbush Gardens rental complex (Photo/Sonia Rincon, 1010 WINS)

Lockout Leaves Huge Garbage Pileup In Flatbush

Maintenance workers at Flatbush Gardens said the management company that owns the buildings will not allow them to work because of their refusal to accept a 34 percent pay cut.

2010/12/13

Thousands Of Pounds Of Trash Cleared From S. Jersey Island

It stemmed from a community-based effort to clean up the shoreline in Cape May County.

2010/12/03

Eye On New York: Trash

In this Eye On New York report, CBS 2′s Don Dahler speaks with Robin Nagle, an NYU professor that teaches the course “Garbage in Gotham.”

2010/10/24

A New York City Department of Sanitation vehicle cleans up Times Square - New York, NY - Jan 1, 2005 - Photo: Stephen Chernin/Getty Images

NYC Moving Sanitation Supervisors To The Streets

New York City’s Sanitation Department says it will put more workers on the streets by reassigning supervisors and adding 100 new hires for trash and snow removal.

2010/10/22