Thousands of young children and adolescents were found four years ago to be working in garbage areas in 1,956 of the country's 5,507 municipalities.
He requested $1.4 million to increase garbage collection in commercial areas in the boroughs outside Manhattan, and $200,000 for a consultant to study the city's solid waste management options.
There are garbage transfer stations in industrial areas in the outer boroughs.
Captain Charles Moore discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an area in the Pacific estimated to be twice the size of Texas.
With a large plastic garbage bag, thick rubber gloves, and a shovel, address any problem areas in the pasture.
He recalls finding a large, heavy box in its garbage area that he assumed a tenant had stuffed with construction material.
John J. Doherty, the city's sanitation commissioner, noted that about 30 percent of the materials found inside garbage cans in the area were recyclable.
Over just the last four years, for example, the number of small private trash-hauling companies that once dominated the garbage business in the metropolitan area has plummeted as giant companies like Waste Management Inc. and Allied Waste have bought out their competition.
However it has been noted that garbage disposal in the surrounding area and presence of cattle feces may be associated with presence of Musca sorbens, the flies that are responsible for the transmission of trachoma [21].
The Greek news media reported a 27 percent drop in garbage collections in the greater Athens area, and a precipitous decline in smoking, with consumption dropping to 2.3 million cigarettes in 2011, from 3.1 million in 2007.
