West Harlem has become the first neighborhood in the United States to have all of its trash containerized in order to squash ...

Bins meant to hold dozens of large trash bags are part of New York City's latest defense against rats. Some residents are ...

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

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

Fighting back against rats and garbage, the installation of 'Empire Bins' makes Manhattan Community Board 9 the first neighborhood to have trash fully containerized.

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

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 ...

Residential trash collection — with stationary containers in the curbside lane where the city used to allow drivers to store their private property — will reach all of Manhattan's Community Board 9, ...