"By the end of May, thousands of Lower Manhattan businesses will be required to arrange for their trash to be collected by one of three garbage companies authorized to serve the area. This change is part of a city legislation passed in 2019 aimed at regulating the private trash industry."
"Newly appointed Sanitation Commissioner Gregory Anderson visited Chinatown with multilingual staff to inform business owners about the need to register with preapproved companies. The department activated the first of the zones in Queens last year and plans to complete the citywide rollout by early 2028."
"Despite the implementation of these reforms, deadly crashes involving private garbage trucks have continued. Recently, 19-year-old Nishath Jannath was killed by a garbage truck owned by Royal Waste, marking the 10th fatality since the reforms were enacted."
Manhattan's Chinatown is set to implement new trash reforms, requiring businesses to hire one of three authorized garbage companies by May 2024. This change stems from legislation passed in 2019 aimed at regulating the private trash industry and establishing commercial waste zones. The Sanitation Department is actively informing local business owners about the new requirements. Despite these reforms, incidents involving private garbage trucks continue, with recent fatalities highlighting ongoing safety concerns in the industry.
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