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[VIDEO] NYC Revealed: Where New York City's 14 Million Tons of Trash Go

2025-12-06T12:00:00-05:00

Many things come to mind when thinking about New York City, but how the city deals with its garbage is usually not one of them. New Yorkers produce over 14 million tons of trash each year — and a combination of city agencies and private companies work daily to haul away what New Yorkers don't want.

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[VIDEO] 'A Garbage Story', Short Film About a New York City Trash Collector and Connoisseur

2025-09-28T12:00:00-04:00

New Yorkers throw out a lot of interesting things. Some things are food items that are perfectly edible, some are in discarded yet otherwise perfect condition, and sometimes, people even toss vintage items with a ton of history. In this short video from filmmakers Rota6 Films, meet a trash collector named Nick DiMola who finds, cleans, and keeps these historic items.

Meet Nick DiMola, a bonafide trash connoisseur. He loves his job and he loves garbage. Over 30 years in the garbage business, he has collected a museum’s worth of old and rare items, most of it from the estates of dead people. With every piece of trash that he saves from the landfill, a piece of history lives on.

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[VIDEO] Meet Nelson Molina in Fascinating 'Treasures in the Trash' Mini-Documentary

2024-04-27T12:00:00-04:00

For 34 years, New York Sanitation worker, Nelson Molina collected items in the trash on his route in East Harlem. Over 45,000 items, all catalogued and organized on the second floor of the M11 garage. Nelson retired from the job in 2015, but comes to the garage routinely to check in on his "museum." The collection is not open to the public since it is in an active garage, but our hope is to get a proper space with the help of this film.

If you want to contribute in helping Nelson Molina acquire a permanent museum space for his incredible collection of New York City trash, please visit NYC Strongest to donate!

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[VIDEO] Clean Streets, a Touching Animated Short About 2 Long-Time Sanitation Worker Partners in the West Village

2023-08-12T12:00:00-04:00

StoryCorps is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Brooklyn that aims to instruct and inspire people to record each others' stories in sound.

Many of their recorded stories end up becoming animated, like this one entitled Clean Streets, in which two long-time partners recount fondly on their time together working as garbage collectors for the Department of Sanitation in the West Village.

Sanitation workers Angelo Bruno and Eddie Nieves worked together for nearly ten years on the same garbage route in Manhattan's West Village and became fixtures in the community. After 31 years on the job, Angelo retired. At StoryCorps, he talked with Eddie about the unexpected lessons he learned along the way and what he still misses about the job.

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[WATCH] Roosevelt Island’s Pneumatic Trash System

2023-04-30T12:00:00-04:00

The Automated Vacuum Collection System (AVAC) uses underground tunnels to move all the residential garbage on the island to the compactor.

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[WATCH] Al Franken Finds Out Where NYC's Trash Goes

2023-03-25T12:00:00-04:00

"The rats don't run this city. We do." Al Franken takes a deep dive into New York City's Department of Sanitation and the latest push for citywide composting, then tags along for a night of trash-collecting. #DailyShow #Comedy

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[WATCH] The 2-Year Trash Free Life of a New York City Woman

2022-09-25T12:00:00-04:00

Lauren Singer has an ambitious goal of living a completely trash-free lifestyle. She is not quite there yet, but is well along her way. For two years, Singer made choices that allowed her to fit the trash she produced in a single mason jar. Check out the above interview video by Collectively to see how.

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[WATCH] NYC Revealed: Where New York City's 14 Million Tons of Trash Go

2022-06-13T16:00:00-04:00

Many things come to mind when thinking about New York City, but how the city deals with its garbage is usually not one of them. New Yorkers produce over 14 million tons of trash each year — and a combination of city agencies and private companies work daily to haul away what New Yorkers don't want.

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[WATCH] What Happens To New York City's 3.2 Million Tons Of Trash

2021-08-19T12:00:00-04:00

New York City is one of the most wasteful cities in the world. But none of its trash is actually processed in NYC. It's sent to waste-to-energy facilities and landfills as far away as Ohio and South Carolina. It takes a vast network of sanitation workers, trucks, trains, cranes, and barges — and $429 million a year — to get it there.

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[VIDEO] Bee Swarm Removed From Times Square For Second Time

2021-07-22T12:00:00-04:00

Bees are taking over Times Square again.

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