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.
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.
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.
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.
This report provides the results of a material-specific waste composition analysis of the New York City municipal solid waste stream, intended to assist DOS in focusing its resources more effectively and enhancing its capabilities in measuring the impacts of its waste prevention programs.
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This report is part of DSNY's effort to evaluate their own recycling efforts within the context of other major US cities, by both looking at NYC's recycling efforts so far as well as how other major cities calculate and measure their recycling rates.
Through a number of programs over the past ten years, DSNY has looked at two strategies to recover the compostable fraction of the waste stream: centralized and decentralized (or on-site) composting. This report summarizes the Department's experiences as well as recommendations for advancing each.
The Department will develop a scope and conduct a study and will follow the Administrative
Code as amended by Local Law 74 of 2000. Communities such as Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Red Hook, and other Brooklyn
neighborhoods are included in this public hearing.
The Department will develop a scope and conduct a study and will follow the
Administrative Code as amended by Local Law 74 of 2000. Communities in Queens will be discussed in this panel.
The Queens Solid Waste Advisory Board chairperson, Bob LoPinto has attended, among other representatives of
various organizations in Queens.
The Department will develop a scope and conduct a study and will follow the Administrative Code
as amended by Local Law 74 of 2000. Communities in Staten Island will be discussed, and in particular, waste management
in these areas. Representatives from the Citywide Recycling Advisory Board and the five borough Solid Waste Advisory
Boards and other groups will be attending.
The Department will develop a scope and conduct a study and will follow the Administrative
Code as amended by Local Law 74 of 2000. The enforcement of the commercial recycling regulations must be improved
and waste prevention must be encouraged in the commercial sector. Multople representatives for boards in Manhattan
have attended, such as Rick Muller of the Manhattan Solid Waste Advisory Board.
The commercial waste study will move forward by developing, through Henningson, Durham & Richardson
(HDR), a scope and they will conduct a study. The outline of the sutdy are set forth by the Administrative Code as
amended by Local Law 74 of 2000. HDR, Dan Harkins, Deputy Commissioner Steve Lawitts, Sarah Dolinar, and Vaugh Arnold
attended this meeting. The focus is on comments on commercial waste management issues that affect certain communities.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
Appendices to Request for proposals to receive, transfer, transport and dispose of Department of Sanitation managed waste from Brooklyn formerly delivered to the Greenpoint Marine Transfer Station. / RFP issurance date: December 22, 2003
New York City MSW Composting Report: Summary of Research Project and Conceptual Pilot Facility Design, January 2004. Appendix D: New York City Institutional / Commercial / Industrial Organic Waste Composting Economic and Technical Viability Final Report.
This details the New York City MSW Composting Report: Summary of Research Project and Conceptual Pilot Facility Design. This section, Appendix G, lists the interpretation of the waste and compost tests conducted.
This details the New York City MSW Composting Report: Summary of Research Project and Conceptual Pilot Facility Design. This section, Appendix I, lists the revised preliminary design and cost estimate for material recovery facility front end for co-composting pilot facility.
New York City MSW Composting Report: Summary of Research Project and Conceptual Pilot Facility Design, January 2004. Director's Note / Acknowledgements
New York City MSW Composting Report: Summary of Research and Conceptual Pilot Facility Design, January 2004. Chapter 5: Learning Objectives and Conceptual Design
This details the New York City MSW Composting Report: Summary of Research Project and Conceptual Pilot Facility Design. This section, Appendix F, lists data from the New York City composting trials.
This details the New York City MSW Composting Report: Summary of Research Project and Conceptual Pilot Facility Design. This section, Appendix J, lists the life cycle financial analysis for New York City's MSW Composting Facility.
New York City MSW Composting Report: Summary of Research Project and Conceptual Pilot Facility Design, January 2004. Introduction: Goal and Scope of the Project.
New York City MSW Composting Report: Summary of Research Project and Conceptual Pilot Facility Design, January 2004. Chapter 1: The New York City Composting Trials.
This details the New York City MSW Composting Report: Summary of Research Project and Conceptual Pilot Facility Design. This section, Appendix E, lists data on New York City's Biosolids of 2001 - 2002.
As part of a pilot study of municipal solid waste composting, the New York City Department of Sanitation sent approximately 300 tons of residential refuse to a composting facility operated by Bedminster Bioconversion, Inc. Appendix A: Staten Island Botanical Garden, Waste Characterization for Composting Pilot Study, March 2001. Report by Camp Dresser & McKee, Inc.
This Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) is being issued by the Department of Sanitation of the City of New York (DSNY) to facilitate the prepraration and implementation of a Comprehensive Solid Waste Plan (SWMP) for the City of New York for the period 2004 to 2024.
Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for The New York City Comprehensive Solid Waste Maangement Plan April 2005. Chapter 14 - Environmetal Review: Scott Avenue/Scholes Street Truck to Rail TS
The Department of Sanitation funded a Commercial Waste Management Study, which will help the city monitor and manage the commercial waste stream in an more efficient and environmentally sound manner. It will also assist in the development of a new Solid Waste Management Plan. This volume investigates and evaluates potential sites for locating new waste transfer stations in Manhattan.
The Department of Sanitation funded a Commercial Waste Management Study, which will help the city monitor and manage the commercial waste stream in an more efficient and environmentally sound manner. It will also assist in the development of a new Solid Waste Management Plan. This volume assesses the advantages and disadvantages of the various options available that will reduce the consumption of fossil fuels and vehicle emissions and recommends cleaner technologies.
The Department of Sanitation is developing a new solid waste management plan for managing the solid waste generated by New York City in a more environmentally sound and cost-effective way. This request for information will enable the city to better understand what new and emerging technologies are available for use and what is most appropriate.
This volume reports on the capacity required by DSNY for DSNY-managed Waste at each of the Converted MTSs, the quantity of capacity potentially available for
private carters delivering commercial waste, and the results of the environmental review evaluating whether that capacity can be used without causing potentially
unmitigatible adverse environmental impacts.
This chapter describes the sites and operations for which the results of environmental reviews are presented in Chapters 4 through 11. Each site description contains
a Site Location figure that identifies the approximate boundaries of the site and shows the surrounding neighborhood and a Facility Footprint figure that provides an
aerial view of the existing site with a footprint of the facility superimposed on the site.
Commercial Waste Management Study. Converted Marine Transfer Stations. Vol. III : Appendix A: Chapter 3 - Overview of Study Methodologies for Site- Specific Analyses.
These are the results of the environmental analyses of the Greenpoint Converted MTS, which include Land Use, Zoning and Public Policy, Socioeconomic Conditions,
Community Facilities, Open Space and Praklands, Cultural Resources, Urban Design and Visual Quality, Neighborhood Character, Traffic and Transportation, Air Quality,
Odor, Noise, Infrastructure and Energy, Natural Resources, Water Quality, Waterfront Revitalization Program, Hazardous Materials.
These are the results of the environmental analyses of the Hamilton Avenue Converted MTS, which include Land Use, Zoning and Public Policy, Socioeconomic Conditions,
Community Facilities, Open Space and Praklands, Cultural Resources, Urban Design and Visual Quality, Neighborhood Character, Traffic and Transportation,
Air Quality, Odor, Noise, Infrastructure and Energy, Natural Resources, Water Quality, Waterfront Revitalization Program, and Hazardous Materials.
These are the results of the environmental analyses of the West 135th Street Converted MTS, which include Land Use, Zoning and Public Policy, Socioeconomic Conditions,
Community Facilities, Open Space and Praklands, Cultural Resources, Urban Design and Visual Quality, Neighborhood Character, Traffic and Transportation, Air Quality,
Odor, Noise, Infrastructure and Energy, Natural Resources, Water Quality, Waterfront Revitalization Program, and Hazardous Materials.
The objective of the Study Area Evaluations is to identify potential areas of overlapping effects from multiple Transfer Stations in the Study Areas for air quality,
odor, noise, neighborhood character, public health and water quality from Transfer Stations located within each Study Area. Also, to identify traffic, off-site air quality and off-site
noise at key intersections along major corridors leading to and from Study Areas and the potential public health effects from the analyses conducted.
This chapter evaluates the potential impacts of the MTS Conversion Program on public health. The chief public health concerns are potential health effects of air
pollutants released by the Converted MTSs, effects of noise related to the Converted MTSs, effects of odors related to the Converted MTSs, and the potential for
vermin to infest areas near Converted MTS sites.
The DSNY is developing the City's new comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan that will address the long-term management, for the planning period
2004 through 2024, of both DSNY-managed Waste and commercial waste. City Council enacted Local Law 74 of 2000, effective December 19, 2000, which mandated a study of commercail
waste management in the City by a Consultant engaged by DSNY.
This report provides estimates of the quantity of commercial waste generated in New York City and projects estimates of the future quantities that will be generated during
the New SWMP Planning Period. It summarizes information that is presented in greater detail in Volume II, Appendices A through E, of the Commercial Waste Management
Study.
This report estimates the capacity available at the Converted Marine Transfer Stations to process waste delivered by the New York City Department of Sanitation.
These are the results of the environmental analyses of the South Bronx Converted MTS, which include Land Use, Zoning and Public Policy, Socioeconomic Conditions,
Community Facilities, Open Space and Praklands, Cultural Resources, Urban Design and Visual Quality, Neighborhood Character, Traffic and Transportation, Air Quality,
Odor, Noise, Infrastructure and Energy, Natural Resources, Water Quality, Waterfront Revitalization Program, and Hazardous Materials.
These are the results of the environmental analyses of the South West Brooklyn Converted MTS, which include Land Use, Zoning and Public Policy, Socioeconomic Conditions,
Community Facilities, Open Space and Praklands, Cultural Resources, Urban Design and Visual Quality, Neighborhood Character, Traffic and Transportation, Air Quality,
Odor, Noise, Infrastructure and Energy, Natural Resources, Water Quality, Waterfront Revitalization Program, Hazardous Materials.
These are the results of the environmental analyses of the East 91st Street Converted MTS, which include Land Use, Zoning and Public Policy, Socioeconomic Conditions,
Community Facilities, Open Space and Praklands, Cultural Resources, Urban Design and Visual Quality, Neighborhood Character, Traffic and Transportation, Air Quality,
Odor, Noise, Infrastructure and Energy, Natural Resources, Water Quality, Waterfront Revitalization Program, and Hazardous Materials.
These are the results of the environmental analyses of the North Shore Converted MTS, which include Land Use, Zoning and Public Policy, Socioeconomic Conditions,
Community Facilities, Open Space and Praklands, Cultural Resources, Urban Design and Visual Quality, Neighborhood Character, Traffic and Transportation, Air Quality,
Odor, Noise, Infrastructure and Energy, Natural Resources, Water Quality, Waterfront Revitalization Program, and Hazardous Materials.
This Environmental Evaluation of the MTS Converstion Program evaluates whether there are any potentially unmitigatible adverse impacts associated with the
conversion of the existing sites where the City's existing Marine Transfer Stations are located.These eight facility sites would be redeveloped as Coverted Marine Transfer
Stations.
These are the results of the environmental analyses of the West 59th Street Converted MTS, which include Land Use, Zoning and Public Policy, Socioeconomic Conditions,
Community Facilities, Open Space and Praklands, Cultural Resources, Urban Design and Visual Quality, Neighborhood Character, Traffic and Transportation, Air Quality,
Odor, Noise, Infrastructure and Energy, Natural Resources, Water Quality, Waterfront Revitalization Program, and Hazardous Materials.
To better understand New York City's requirements for a commercial waste transfer infrastructure over the New SWMP Planning Period, a study was performed to
develop information on the economic market for the disposal of waste exported from the City.
The goal of the study was to assess potential environment and public health impacts on communities in which a number of privately owned solid waste
transfer stations are located. Also, it was to provide a foundation for the Department's efforts to develop a new Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan (SWMP).
Processing and Marketing Recyclables in New York City: Rethinking Economic, Historical, and Comparative Assumptions May 2004. New York City Department of Sanitation, A Compehensive Solid Waste Management Plan for New York City and Final Generic Impact Statement, August 1992. Section 3
Processing and Marketing Recyclables in New York City: Rethinking Economic, Historical, and Comparative Assumptions May 2004. Appendix III Waste Prevention and Policy Planning. Clearing Up Confusion.
Processing and Marketing Recyclables in New York City: Rethinking Economic, Historical, and Comparative Assumptions May 2004. Appendix IV: Public Education about Recycling.
Processing and Marketing Recyclables in New York City: Rethinking Economic, Historical, and Comparative Assumptions May 2004. New York City Department of Sanitation, A Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan for New York City and Final Impact Statement, August 1992. Section 8
Processing and Marketing Recyclables in New York City: Rethinking Economic, Historical, and Comparative Assumptions May 2004. New York City Department of Sanitation, A Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan for New York City and Final Generic Impact Statement, August 1992. Section 9
Processing and Marketing Recyclables in New York City: Rething Economic, Historical, and Comparative Assumptions May 2004. New York City Department of Sanitation, A Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan for New York City and Final Impact Statement, August 1992. Section 11
Processing and Marketing Recyclables in New York City: Rethinking Economic, Historical, and Comparative Assumptions May 2004. Chapter 2: Modern History of NYC Recycling.
Processing and Marketing Recyclables in New York City: Rethinking Economic, Historical, and Comparative Assumptions May 2004. Appendix I: State Recycling Goals and Mandates.
Processing and Marketing Recyclables in New York City: Rethinking Economic, Historical, and Comparative Assumptions May 2004. Appendix II: Beyond Case Studies: Comparative Studies of Recycling Rates.
Processing and Marketing Recyclables in New York City: Rethinking Economic, Historical, Historical, and Comparative Assumptions May 2004. Aappendix V: NYC Department of Sanitation Annual Recycling Report for 2002 submitted to the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation.
Processing and Marketing Recyclables in New York City: Rethinking Economic, Historical, and Comparative Assumptions May 2004.Appendix VI: Comparative Recycling Data for Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Seattle
Processing and Marketing Recyclables in New York City: Rethinking Economic, Historical, and Comparative Assumptions May 2004. New York City Department of Sanitation , Office of Operations Planning, Preliminary Recycling Plan Fiscal Year 1991. Section 2
Processing and Marketing Recylcables in New York City: Rethinking Economic Historical, and Comparative Assumptions May 2004. New York City Department of Sanitation, Office of Operations Planning, Preliminary Recycling Plan, Fiscal Year 1991 Section 3
Processing and Marketing Recyclables in New York City: Rethinking Economic, Historical, and Comparative Assumptions May 2004. New York City Department of Sanitation, A Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan for New York City and Final Generic Impact Statement, August 1992. Section 10
Processing and Marketing Recyclables in New York City: Rethinking Economic, Historical, and Comparative Assumptions May 2004. New York City Department of Sanitation, A Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan for New York City and Generic Impact Statement, Appendix Volume 4.1, Waste Management Components, August 1992. Section 2