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Date Published:: 2000-05-01
Description:: This report series was issued by DSNY at the conclusion of its sponsorship of two substantial waste prevention and recycling consultant research projects: the Waste Prevention and Recycled Product Research Project and Business Waste Prevention Assessment and Waste Prevention Programs (NYC WasteLe$$)
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Recycling
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Date Published:: 1999-10-01
Description:: In 1997, as part of DSNY's ongoing assessment of strategies to gauge the performance of NYC’s Curbside Recycling Program, it conducted a short-term, three-part pilot program to measure the effectiveness of mixed waste processing. Each part of the pilot is treated in a chapter of this report.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Sanitation and Recycling
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Date Published:: 1999-10-01
Description:: Local Law 19 of 1989 created mandatory recycling in New York City. This report summarizes the outreach efforts of the NYC Department of Sanitation in the ensuring years, as it rolled out recycling programs citywide.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Sanitation and Recycling
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Date Published:: 1999-08-15
Description:: DSNY's report on five years of market research about recycling in New York City. The Report takes a broad and systematic look at what the people of New York actually think about the City’s Recycling Program, as well as how they feel about possible new alternatives for reducing waste.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Recycling
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Date Published:: 1999-06-01
Description:: DSNY has concluded a one year study of backyard composting in NYC. Taking a comprehensive approach to the evaluation of composting in backyard bins, DSNY worked with Botanic Gardens to implement a pilot program while researching receptivity, participation rates, and waste composition impacts.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Recycling
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Date Published:: 1990-12-31
Description:: This study was initiated in response to Local Law 19 requiring the City to achieve a mandatory recycling goal of at least 25% of the waste stream. The filed data collected will be used by DOS to implement recycling feasibility studies, pilot-scale projects, and full-scale facilities.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Sanitation and Recycling
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Date Published:: 1988-01-01
Description:: White paper explaining rationale for rapidly increasing recycling citywide in the 1990s, and to propose supporting legislative and policy initiatives. Outlines policies and programs needed to attain a 15% recycling goal by 1991.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Sanitation, Refuse and Refuse Disposal, and Recycling
Report Type:: Studies

Date Published:: 1987-05-01
Description:: The purpose of this guide is to explain how Community Boards can work with DSNY in the planning of the delivery of Health and Administrative Code enforcement in their districts. It will provide Community Board members with an understanding of how to prepare an enforcement service improvement plan.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Community Relations and Sanitation
Report Type:: Guides

Date Published:: 1985-12-31
Description:: I am pleased to submit the attached Status Report on Materials Recycling Activities in New York City, which documents the steps taken by the Department of Sanitation during the past year to address the City's pressing waste disposal needs through a program of recycling initiatives.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Sanitation and Recycling
Report Type:: Studies

Date Published:: 1979-10-01
Description:: This GUIDE was prepared for DSNY by the Nova Institute, a nonprofit that works with public agencies and citizen groups to improve municipal service delivery. It describes how local Sanitation superintendents and Community Boards can work together for a cleaner city.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Sanitation and Community Relations
Report Type:: Guides

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