Wilson questions Better Bin design and maintenance
Wilson asks whether the Better Bin design is working given broken parts. Anderson says Better Bins have more parts that can break, but DSNY tries to replace individual parts rather than remove the whole basket, and that they work better in some neighborhoods than others.
And for the better bins, is the design...
How's the design working?
Because I feel like I walk around my district and I see them in so many different states.
You know, the door is ripped off, the piece is missing off the top.
And does that contribute to a removal?
And is the design of the Better Bin working out?
So I would say the Better Bins are, they have more parts to them.
So there's more things that could break.
A standard green wire litter basket has exactly one part, and so it either works or it doesn't.
But with the Better Bins, if the top is missing, the great news is it still functions as a litter basket.
It just doesn't look whole.
So we do try to replace individual parts rather than remove the entire basket just because the top is missing.
I will say they work well in some neighborhoods.
They don't work well in others.
They don't work well in places where you have a lot of graffiti and stickers because they act as a magnet for those graffiti and stickers.
And so we try to work with council members to say, here are the pros and cons of this basket versus a green wire litter basket and try to identify the best one for their neighborhood.