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• [1] francyne from nyc August 21, 2007 - 08:56AM

  As long as the trash stays off the streets and sidewalks it matters little to me who puts what trash in what bins. What annoys me greatly is to see tossed away trash, e.g., coffee cups, newspapers, food wraps on the street within clearsight of a trash can. Also, on the subways where there are many trash bins on the platforms. How hard is it to hold on to one's coffee cup or food wrapper till the getting-off stop?

  
  
• [2] Robert from NYC August 21, 2007 - 09:14AM

  I see this happening more and more, people leaving their buildings and carrying their garbage to the corner can. Well, it does matter where people put their trash. Of course coffee cups and bottles and cans go in the trash can on the corner is exactly where it belongs but the apartment buildings are by law required to follow the laws on how trash and recyclables are to be disposed of for sanitary and public health reasons. So rotting uneaten food garbage and cat litter and the like should not be sitting in a basket on the corner stinking up the streets and possibly being removed by those who go thru the trash for bottles. This causes disease. I think there should be some kind of enforcement against this and/or a ad program promoting stopping this from happening. Many folks respond to educational programs like these. Remember "Keep America Beautiful"?

  
  
• [3] superf August 21, 2007 - 10:29AM

  Banning flyers -- great idea!!

  Now can you guys get those pesky ads off my television? They are also quite annoying!

  
  
• [4] Joseph from Park Slope August 21, 2007 - 10:31AM

  Tossing unsolicited paper on someone's stoop is plain and simply littering. People have mailboxes and mail slots - put them in there. If a house deosn't have a mailbox, guess what, they don't want 'em.

  
  
• [5] Gary from Manhattan August 21, 2007 - 10:32AM

  Dear Council Member McMahon,

  Make sure to include YOUR political flyers in the "No Flyers Bill"!

  Gary

  
  
• [6] SuzanneF from Live in Manhattan / Work in NJ August 21, 2007 - 10:33AM

  Way back in the late 80's when the Chinese menu syndrome started, I did take a week's worth of menus back to the offending restaurant. They were extremely surprised. I do think that anything I pick up off the city streets or in front of my building is fair game for the trash basket on the street corner.

  But on another note, what about the flyers that are handed out on the streets and in the subways? People take them and then drop them on the street as they walk on their way. This is as bad as menus in apartments. I think the permit for groups to hand out flyers should include an obligation to pick up anything dropped on the street within a two block radius of where they are standing. And a fine should be imposed if the group's flyers are found littering all over the street.

  
  
• [7] John from Staten Island August 21, 2007 - 10:35AM

  The distributors of these flyers decided to have lunch in my side yard without permission. How do I know who these people (trespassors )are? I just happened to be home that day.