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They Are Taking The Garbage Away! (Again)
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Garth Johnston
Published Jan 31, 2011
Modified Jan 31, 2011
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If your block looks anything like ours, then in the past week the drifts of snow outside have slowly been replaced with dirty snow and dirtier piles of garbage and recycling (though not quite as bad as last time). With more snow predicted for this week, we were starting to get worried that we were about to start seeing drifts of snow on top of piles of garbage on top of more snow. And don't even get us started on those blocks where the sidewalk is now just a one-foot-wide path of ice stuck next to a mountain of black and clear blue plastic. Luckily for all of us, the Department of Sanitation has now resumed limited pick-ups.
So what does this mean for you? The guy holding all those bags of garbage? Well, it means it is okay to resume putting your trash out for pickup. But when you do, the DoS asks that you a)shovel out any trash under snow, b)make sure the trash is visible so that trucks don't miss it and c)try and shovel a clear path for crews so they can haul it away quicker.
And while we are on the topic of shoveling... Is there a fire hydrant in front of your building that you haven't cleared out yet? How many times does the Mayor have to ask you to do that? Hop to it!
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