Earlier this year one New Yorker decided to document something we pass by every day: the trash. The website Last Night's Garbage looks at what most of us try to avoid and matches up the photo with some verbal witticisms, knowledge or "deep thoughts." Underneath a photo of a public trash can are the provisions of proposed INT. NO. 110-A. What, never heard of it?:
This bill would amend subdivision (e) of section 16-120 of the Administrative Code to change the term open mesh basket to public litter basket. It will also amend subdivision (f) of section 16-120 of the Administrative Code to increase penalties for a violation of paragraph (e) to $100-$300 for a first offense, $250-$350 for a second offense within any twelve-month period and $350-$400 for a third or subsequent violation within any twelve-month period. The bill would also create a rebuttable presumption that the person whose name or other identifying information is found on the commercial or household waste deposited it in the public litter basket. Section two states that this local law will take effect thirty days after it is enacted into law.
In other words, don't toss that offer for a new credit card in a public litter basket. The Sierra Club suggests you use the site as a platform to ponder post-consumer waste. And we suggest Freegans take note, this site could serve as an online shopping platform pointing you to all the best trash in town. Free bytecode verifier knowledge (pictured) spotted in the East Village!
