Not since Oscar the Grouch debuted on “Sesame Street” has a city had cause to be so excited about what’s inside a receptacle. Before our eyes, the mountains of trash-filled plastic bags on curbs that ...

A dozen guests visited our newsroom last week to talk about an issue central to the life of every New Yorker: garbage. Most of us would prefer not to think about trash, but we can’t avoid it. It’s ...