While the New York City Department of Sanitation handles household trash, the city’s commercial waste has long been the purview of private companies like Liverpool Carting, which Louis Gino Fava’s father founded in 1945.
The arrival of a new policy for New York City’s commercial waste means only three carters will be permitted to operate in each of a series of citywide zones.
The Department of Sanitation awarded contracts to the winners, and Liverpool Carting was not one of them, putting an end to operations once the rollout reaches them.
“This thing is totally unfair”
Fava says the future of his commercial waste carting business is in peril…