But here’s the headline I’d actually like to see:
> New York City unveils a next-generation human who never litters
> New York City unveils a next-generation human who never litters
So no next-gen needed, just need to live somewhere it's not culturally acceptable to throw trash on the ground.
Wonder why places like New York City are so different.
Tourist/more HCOL areas are often very clean, though.
But, despite that I think it's totally fixible. Either just change the law to force setting aside some ground floor real estate, or put bins where parked cars used to be. I think the latter is more politically feasible.
Nobody likes the filth, but the litter won't stop until the buildings lead the way with the bulk of the problem.
Oh, and I think food delivery caused tons of pointless trash. We need some system to return reusable containers to the restaurants. Very sad their is a restaurant loophole for the new plastic bag ban.
It's a tough sell though. A lot more work for the restaurant and almost certainly higher costs. There will be constant shrinkage of the reusable containers to deal with as well as having to pay someone to wash them.
It would probably work best if the containers were generic and everybody used the same ones, so no matter who you ordered from this time you could return your containers from last time. But that's an even harder sell: why pass up the opportunity for advertising?
I still like the idea, but acknowledge that it would probably struggle to gain traction in the real world.