NYC Roosevelt Island

NYC Roosevelt Island

NYC's Roosevelt Island doesn't have a need for garbage trucks and weekly trash pick up. Instead, there is an automated vacuum collection. Put your garbage into a porthole and it's transported via underground high-speed pneumatic tubes to a centralized location where it's finally picked up.

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