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New York City requires businesses to use trash bins to curb growing rat population

NPR
Published October 2, 2023 at 5:33 AM PDT

For decades, New York City has piled its trash in heaps of bags on city sidewalks. Now, the city is rolling out trash bins — and requiring its businesses to start using them.

As Austin Cope reports, they hope it will slow the city’s growing rat population.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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