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New York City requires businesses to use trash bins to curb growing rat population

For decades, New York City has piled its trash in heaps of bags on city sidewalks. Now, the city is rolling out trash bins — and requiring its businesses to start using them.

As Austin Cope reports, they hope it will slow the city’s growing rat population.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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