Cover letter for the submission of an annual report that discusses the testing, analyses, and assessments of DSNY's alterative fuel sanitation collection vehicles and street sweepers, and the feasibility of incorporating new alternative fuel sanitation vehicles and technology into DSNY's fleet.
This report, which is submitted to the Mayor, the Comptroller, and the City Council in accordance with LL38/2005, discusses the testing, analyses, and assessments of DSNY's alterative fuel sanitation collection vehicles and street sweepers, and the feasibility of incorporating new alternative fuel sanitation vehicles and technology into DSNY's fleet. It also reviews the results of DSNY's pilot program that used alternative fuel street sweeping vehicles in four sanitation districts, with one district in an area with high rates of asthma among residents.
Curbside and Containerized collection routes serve individual districts; trucks on these routes pass over scales each day which transmit tonnage data into DSNY's centralized computer system. For this reason, monthly statistics, by Community Districts, can be tracked and reported.
Department of Sanitation newsletter for the month of June 2016, featuring a letter from the commissioner and other news from around the agency, including Sanitation's first-ever strategic plan.
MEDIA ADVISORY - Photo Op. Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams unveil new haulster to clear snow from smaller streets in Brooklyn Community Board 14
Announces that nearly 5,000 residents brought potentially harmful household materials to the Queens SAFE (Solvents, Automotive, Flammables, and Electronics) Disposal event, held Saturday, April 30, 2016.
This annual recycling report provides statistics relating to the types of materials collected and diverted from the waste stream through recycling efforts in New York City for fiscal year 2015.