Pursuant to Section 4.3.1.4 of the NYC Solid Waste Management Plan adopted by NY City Council and approved by the NY State DEC in 2006, the Department is required to evaluate the acceptance of waste generated by commercial establishments and delivered by private carting companies to its four MTSs.
Following a robust and lengthy stakeholder engagement process, the Administration proposes a wholesale reform of the commercial waste industry to improve commercial waste carting by implementing a Commercial Waste Zone (CWZ) program across the five boroughs of the City.
NYC Sanitation Names Assistant Commissioner for Policy and External Affairs: Position Focused on Community Engagement, Intergovernmental Affairs to Help Agency Become Even more Responsive to New Yorker's Needs
Local Law 138 of 2018 requires the DSNY Commissioner to submit to the Mayor and the Spaker of the Council by April 1, 2019, a plan to increase enforcement of §16-118(4) of the New York City Administrative Code, as it relates to littering from a motor vehicle.
DSNY has announced the launch of the "food" donation section of the donateNYC website. The new website tool matches businesses with extra food, to groups who feed hungry New Yorkers, with an eye towards hyper-local donations.
This report discusses notable advances in DSNY’s clean diesel fleet, and provides information on efforts to further incorporate alternative fuel vehicles into its fleet.
DSNY has announced the first five SAFE Disposal (Solvents, Automotive, Flammables, and Electronics) events of 2019. The events provide city residents an easy way to safely dispose of potentially harmful household products.
In a snow alert, DSNY coordinates with NYC Emergency Management and the Department of Transportation on snow clearing protocol in accordance with each agency's written snow plan.