Rodents apparently gnaw through dense rat-proof trash bins mandated by NYC

Rodents have apparently gnawed clear through the dense plastic of the Big Apple ‘s supposedly “rat proof” new trash bins — but the city said the results show the containers are largely keeping the pests away.One container was spotted in Williamsburg Thursday with a rat-sized hole one expert said appeared to have been made from a rodent, marking a battle lost for humans in the so-called Trash Revolution.“It’s confirming the concern that this is not going to prevent rats from being a problem,” Shannon Phipps, the founder of the Berry Street Alliance, told The Post.“It’s basically rendered useless because that just became their entry and exit … This is a mandated trash can that was advertised as a ‘rat-proof can’ being gnawed through.”The now-ruined $50 lidded, rolling can, dubbed the NYC Bin, had only been on Berry Street off North Sixth Street for several weeks as part of the city’s latest anti-rat campaign.Under the rollout, buildings with nine or fewer units were mandated to shell out for the Sanitation Department-branded containers starting in November.Last summer, Adams proudly called the containers “rat proof” and would “do the job” in cracking down on the Big Apple’s thriving rat population.Bizarrely, however, the fine print clearly states that the warranty does not cover “damage from wildlife.”Phipps relented that rat sightings have decreased in Williamsburg since the summer — but claimed the new bins should not be given credit as the solution.The elimination of outdoor dining has likely given the rodents less of an incentive to run amok in the northern Brooklyn enclave.

The bins, she continued, have only proven to be an added expense to residents who already owned perfectly functional plastic bins.The plastic bins apparently had no chance against the vermin’s intensely strong front teeth.The chompers rank a 5.5 on the Mohs scale, which which geologists use to measure minerals’ hardness.

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