New York is the city of skyscrapers, the one that never sleeps, the place where dreams come true that have just fulfilled one of their own. It has put an end to the hundreds of bags of garbage that accumulated on the sidewalks of the capital of the world. Until now there were no garbage containers.

With great fanfare, those responsible for the city’s sanitation have presented their new waste management system. They have done it with music by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys while dozens of journalists have captured the ‘historic’ moment before the eyes of New Yorkers, immortalizing it.

From now on, citizens They will be able to deposit the bags in containers so that, later, a side-loading truck arrives, lifts it and dumps the rights inside.

Yes, basically what we have been doing in Spain (and throughout Europe in general) for decades, despite the fact that the New York City Council sells this model ensuring that “the future of garbage is here”.

It is one of the slogans that can be read in the promotional video they have released. They also talk about “high technology”. And yes, it is, because the garbage collection truck revolutionized waste management, but almost a century ago, which is when it was invented.

The humor and memes on the networks, obviously, have not been long in coming. From “This is a joke?“, passing through “Welcome to 1983!” to “You’ll see when they discover the underground containers.”

As thousands of users have pointed out to the New York authorities, garbage containers and the trucks that collect them have been used in Europe for decades.