Reforms to 'wild west' private trash industry come to Manhattan's Chinatown ^0%

Gothamist - By Liam Quigley - 4/3/2026, 10:01 AM

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Trash reforms are coming to Manhattan’s Chinatown, and New York City's sanitation department is racing to bring locals up to speed. The dense neighborhood is within the first “commercial waste zone” to be established in the borough. By the end of May, thousands of Lower Manhattan businesses will be required to arrange for their trash to... more