Articles
Subways, Entrances, and Litter in NYC Transit Hubs
Learn here all about litter and its connection to NYC subways!
By Virgil Dumas
Nightlife, Events, and the Midnight Litter Surge in NYC Parks and Green Spaces
Learn about how NYC nightlife influences litter!
By Angus Jackson
Downtown vs. Uptown: How Foot Traffic Patterns Influence Litter in Manhattan
Learn all about how foot traffic influences litter in Manhattan!
By Angus Jackson
Hotspots, Vacant Lots, and the Geography of Litter in the Bronx
Read up on how the litter is disproportionately spread through the Bronx!
By Angus Jackson
Packaging, Policy, and Pollution: How Regulation Shapes Litter in NYC
Learn about packing litter and pollution in NYC!
By Martin Salazar-Schuster
Fines, Rules, and Realities: Enforcement’s Role in NYC’s Litter Landscape
Learn about the role enforcement plays on litter and its collection!
By Angus Jackson
From Streets to Streams: How NYC Litter Travels Downriver
Learn more about the deleterious effects of litter in NYC’s waters!
By Angus Jackson
Rats, Litter, and Inequality: How Waste Patterns Shape Pest Problems in NYC
Learn about the issue of rats in NYC and how they interact with litter!
By Angus Jackson
Litter Baskets, Better Bins, and Urban Behavior: How Small Infrastructure Changes Can Lead to Big Cleanups
Learn about how small-scale litter prevention methods have a big impact!
by Angus Jackson
Containerization and Clean Streets: How NYC’s New Trash Bin Rules Are Shifting the Litter Landscape
Learn about NYC’s containerization plan!
By Angus Jackson
Tourism, Foot Traffic, and the Hidden Cost of Litter in NYC
Learn all about how tourists and pedestrians contribute to litter pollution!
By Angus Jackson
The Psychology of Litter: How Human Behavior Shapes the Cleanliness of Cities
Learn all about the psychology of littering!
By Angus Jackson
Clean Streets, Community Pride: How Local Engagement Moves the Needle on Litter
Learn all about how local acts and community projects can change littering in NYC!
By Angus Jackson
Why Should We Clean Up Litter?
Read about the six reasons why you should clean up litter and participate in litter cleanups!
By Angus Jackson
Stormwater, Catch Basins, and the Path Litter Takes to NYC’s Waters
Learn how stormwater and flooding can affect litter pollution!
By Angus Jackson
Where Cleanliness Ends, Neglect Begins: The Inequality of Environmental Care in New York City
Read about how NYC’s economic and social inequalities translate to unjust inequalities in street cleanliness!
By Martin Salazar-Schuster
Whose Trash is Who’s? A Look into City Trash Codes
Learn about who is responsible for litter depending on where it is on the block!
By Angus Jackson
Pride vs. Practice: The Paradox of NYC Residents Who Litter
Learn here about the paradox between NYC’s pride and littering habits!
By Angus Jackson
The Difference Between “Trash” and “Litter”
Learn about the difference between litter and trash, and the deleterious effects of litter!
By Angus Jackson
The Social and Economic Price of Littering
Read about NYC’s financial burden of cleaning up litter and maintaining public spaces, and the loss of tourism revenue due to dirty streets!
By Nico Bernstein