The Department of Sanitation is responsible for managing all of the waste generated in the City and for developing a Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan for all waste generated between 2004 through 2024. The department developed the Commercial Waste Management Study to enable the City to assess and plan for the management of the commercial waste stream, to minimize the adverse impacts on the City's communities and environments, and to assist in developing the new plan.
The Department of Sanitation is seeking qualified vendors to provide facilities, equipment, labor, and services necessary to accept, process and market recyclables collected under the city's recycling program.
An advertisement dealing with stopping junk mail from reaching the mailbox. It encourages recycling paper by giving out tips on how no to get junk mail.
The Department of Sanitation conducted a hearing to receive comments on the proposed rule governing certain restrictions to the siting of solid waste transfer stations. The rule will prohibit any new transfer stations from developing and increase the holding capacity of preexisting stations.
Based on the current regulations of commercial transfer stations as mandated by Local Law 74,
the study will evaluate the need for changes in the regulatory system. Some issues to be addressed are that as noted
in the Preliminary Report, there is no single comprehensive system for recording data on commercial waste generation
in the City. The study will assess the means and effects of limiting privately owned putrescible commercial waste
transfer capacity. Marine Transfer Stations and commercial waste stations in Community Districts will be analyzed.
Commercial Waste Management Study Draft Scope of Work for Public Comment and Related Documents.
Letter from the Assistant Commissioner Harry Szarpanski. Fulfilling the mandate of Local Law 74 of 2000, the Study
will evaluate and recommend changes in commercial solid waste management in the CIty. DSNY's consultant team,
Henningson, Durham and Richardson Architecture and Engineering, P.C. (HDR) will conduct the Study. There were
meetings to solicit comments from the Citywide Recycling Advisory Board, the Borough Solid Waste Advisory Boards,
Community Boards, and environmental organizations among others.