Mayor Bill de Blasio, Department of Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia, Staten Island Borough President James Oddo, and City Council Member Steven Matteo announced today that Staten Island will be receiving Department of Sanitation specialized litter patrols to provide additional manual street sweeping services throughout the borough.
The Mayor's Press Office releases information about notable events and actions taken by the Mayor, as well as transcripts of all media conferences, radio shows, and ceremonies that the Mayor attends.
The New York City Department of Sanitation announced two major milestones for its high-rise apartment building recycling programs; re-fashioNYC has collected 10 million pounds of used clothing, towels and linens, while the electronics recycling program, e-cycleNYC, has collected 10 million pounds of unwanted electronic items, such as computers and televisions.
The New York City Department of Sanitation announced two major milestones for its high-rise apartment building recycling programs; re-fashioNYC a collection and recycling program for used clothing, towels and linens, and e-cycleNYC, a collection and recycling program for electronic items, such as computers and televisions.
The Department of Sanitation is issuing a rule that limits the size of receptacles containing solid waste that are set out for collection by the Department. Specifically, this rule limits the maximum size of such receptacles to fifty-five gallons. This rule will ensure that receptacles are of an acceptable size for the Department's sanitation workers to safely handle in the course of their collection duties. Violators will be subject to a fine for using an improper receptacle as set forth in Section 16-120 of the Administrative Code.
Postcard that announces DSNY's plan to give brown bins that citizens can use to dump their organic waste and provides them instructions on how to do so.
Department of Sanitation newsletter for the months of March & April 2017, featuring a letter from the commissioner and other news from around the agency. This installment features expansion of organics collection and the United Women of Sanitation.
This fifth biennial Compliance Report dated April 2017, is submitted to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) in accordance with the provisions of NYCRR Title 6 Part 360-15.12.