The Appraisal: Garbage Collection, Without the Noise or the Smell
With a pneumatic tube system on Roosevelt Island, there are no big trucks or smelly piles on the streets. Once residents dump their trash down chutes, a vacuum pulls it through underground tubes. [Source]
Publication Date:Origin: nytimes.com
Category: Waste Materials and Disposal
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