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How Much of the City’s Curbside Recyclables Get Properly Recycled?

Date Published:

2016-07-14

Description:

New York City recycles a wide variety of waste, but some materials are more likely to be recycled than others. The city has three solid waste streams: refuse, paper recycling, and metal/glass/plastic recycling. Overall, about 44 percent of recyclable material is “captured” by city recycling programs

Agency:

Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)

Subject(s):

Recycling and Refuse and Refuse Disposal

Report Type:

Other
How Much Waste Does the Average New Yorker Produce Each Day?

Date Published:

2012-12-13

Description:

Charts showing the change in the average amount of trash produced by New Yorkers from calendar year 2000-to calendar 2012

Agency:

Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)

Subject(s):

Recycling, Refuse and Refuse Disposal, and Sanitation

Report Type:

Other
Going Green: Can The Organics Collection Program Be Fiscally & Environmentally Sustainable?

Date Published:

2021-10-04

Description:

As the city relaunches curbside organics collection after a yearlong suspension due to Covid budget cuts. IBO examines the cost of the city’s program and models what's needed to make the program as fiscally sustainable as it is environmentally.

Agency:

Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)

Subject(s):

Refuse and Refuse Disposal, Recycling, and Sanitation

Report Type:

Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)