Bins help keep buildings, streets clean, residents say. Building supervisor Cesar Jimenez says one Empire bin is enough to ...

These drivers are in for rat-ical change. West Harlem has become the first neighborhood in the United States to have all of ...

The buildings in West Harlem, many which were part of a pilot program last year, are the first structures larger than 31 ...

NYC's West Harlem now has fully containerized trash collection, helping to reduce rat sightings and improve cleanliness.

The area now has all of its trash containerized in the city's new Empire Bins, which are serviced by new, automated ...

Large residential buildings in West Harlem are now required to put trash in large bins on the street instead of in piles on ...

“They look out-of-place here,” said Marcus Delgado, 52, of the city Department of Sanitation, “Empire Bins” gobbling up parking spots along Amsterdam Avenue near 152nd Street. “They are ...

Bins are not shared by the entire block. Instead, the bins are assigned to individual buildings. The so-called "Empire Bins" will service more than 29,000 households. The goal is clean sidewalks ...

The department’s new “Empire Bins” are now set up outside eight uptown schools, where they’re used to collect compost, recycling and garbage. By the start of June, officials plan to ...