What a waste!
Queens neighborhoods are at the top of the heap in garbage collection, leading the city with 160,000 tons of trash picked up by the city’s Department of Sanitation last year.
The district encompassing Jamaica, St. Albans and Springfield Gardens swept the field, with an output of 82,124 tons of trash, followed by the district that includes Flushing, College Point and Whitestone, with 77,081 tons.
In third place, the district that collects from the south shore of Staten Island dumped 70,249 tons, while the Upper East Side weighed in with a close 69,744 tons. Borough Park in Brooklyn trailed in fifth place, with 67,869 tons.
New York City’s population stands at 8,363,710 and is growing by some 30,000 to 60,000 a year, according to the American Community Survey.
Still, the city’s overall refuse output continued to drop for the fourth year in a row, despite the increasing population.
In 2009, 2.5 million tons of trash was collected, down from 2.6 million in 2008.
“Its definitely recession driven,” Turso said.