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Residents to trash collectors: Put a lid on it

Veronika Conant considered abandoning her midtown co-op after years of being awakened by privately owned garbage trucks, crunching refuse at all hours of the night and early morning.

"The day after I moved in I wanted to move away," said Conant, who instead of packing her bags invested in double-paned windows. "It was just unbearable. I couldn't even hear the 11 o'clock news on the television...

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