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Sanitation worker Nelson Molina shows off his collection
New York City Sanitation Worker Nelson Molina Shows Off His Extensive Collection of Treasures Found in the Trash
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Never Pay For Food Again In NYC
Dumpster Diving in Manhattan Yields Perfectly Edible and Completely Sealed Food
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How Much Horse Manure Was Deposited on the Streets Before the Advent of the Automobile?
Here's How Horse Manure Inspired the Iconic New York City Brownstone Stoop
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Nature Abhors A Vacuum
Even More Detail on How Roosevelt Island's Vacuum Powered Garbage Collection Works
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Collecting Trash by Vacuum on Roosevelt Island
Here's How Roosevelt Island's Vacuum Powered Garbage Collection Works
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SPRING STREET SALT SHED
Peek Inside the Department of Sanitation's New Geometric Salt Shed in Tribeca
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A Visual Survey of NYC Coffee Cups
Gear Patrol Surveys the Disposable Coffee Cups of New York City
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West Village Corrugated Can at Anthropologie
Anthropologie is Now Selling a Rusty $99 "West Village" Trash Can
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Mike Felber with his loot.
This Man is a High-End Dumpster Diver on the Upper West Side
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Feb. 18, 1949: Garbage was dumped onto a scow at the base of the Brooklyn Bridge, on its way to Staten Island, where the city had high hopes to reclaim nearly 2,000 acres of marsh for a parkway or even an airport. “We go everywhere against opposition and deep-rooted prejudice,” said Henry F. Cunningham, a World War II naval commander who oversaw the fleet charged with taking trash to Fresh Kills landfills. “We take a swampy area full of mosquitos and odors no better than those from refuse and transform it into fertile soil that can be made into beautiful parks,” Mr. Cunningham said.
Vintage Photograph of the Brooklyn Bridge and a Garbage Barge from The New York Times in 1949
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