What it takes to clean NYC’s streets after the July 4 celebrations
Fireworks displays set the skies ablaze on Thursday night as New York City celebrated the July 4 holiday. And as New Yorkers slept, scores of sanitation workers toiled overnight to ensure the streets were clean in time for the Friday morning rush.
While revelry during most holidays is generally contained to specific areas – such as the New Year’s Eve parties in Times Square – July 4 celebrations are a citywide affair. Sanitation workers combed the entire city for bottles, cans and other litter at the numerous rooftops and venues where people congregated for the fireworks. The holiday fireworks also filled the air with small particles
It took around 100 sanitation workers roughly two to three hours to sweep through parts of the city, according to Pitt, and they were armed with 18 mechanical brooms, 12 reloader collection trucks and about 50 manual brooms, Pitts said. And while parades and celebrations happen throughout the year, the sanitation department already has its eye on the next big holiday: Halloween, which is expected to require a similarly gargantuan cleanup effort once the festivities are over.
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