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Why small firms feel trashed.(Viewpoint)(City opposes installation of garbage disposals)
Crain's New York Business, October, 2003
Considering that garbage is always a smelly business in New York, the request by the owners of small food stores and restaurants to install garbage disposals is perfectly reasonable. The Bloomberg administration's opposition to the proposal goes a long way to explaining why so many small businesses think the mayor and his top officials don't care about them.
The issue began churning because of a change in how businesses will be charged for trash collection. The administration is allowing carters to charge bodegas, restaurants and similar companies by trash weight rather than by volume. The change was necessary because it was simply too expensive for trash companies to serve these businesses, but it will be very costly for firms that produce a lot of food waste....
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