Emptying a Smart Bin takes about 45 seconds. One sanitation worker unlocks the ruddy orange container with a swipe of his hand, using a keycard tucked into his glove. A door at the front of the bin ...

New York City has been big on bins lately. The Department of Sanitation piloted locked communal receptacles in Brooklyn and Manhattan and is paying McKinsey $4 million to study how the city might ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One metro non-profit aims to make composting and recycling easier. KC Can Compost partnered with Kansas City, Missouri leaders on Thursday, introducing new composting smart cans.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New smart compost bins are online at 10 Staten Island locations as part of an overall city plan to clean up city streets and reduce its rat problem, according to a Department of ...

On a walk down Patchen Avenue late last week, we noticed a welcome addition to some street corners: the city’s bright orange Smart Compost bins for composting. According to the map on the NYC Compost ...

Today is Earth Day, and the New York Sanitation Department is boosting an initiative to encourage New Yorkers to compost certain types of garbage and help the environment. The DSNY says city residents ...