Local Law 77 Diversion Report I, submitted to City Council on June 1, 2014, covered the first six months of DSNY's organics program, from October 2013-March 2014. This report covers the second six months of the pilot program.
This annual report from ReuseNYC (now the donateNYC Partnership) highlights the contributions of partner organizations to their local communities in 2014.
In October 2013, New York City Council passed Local Law 77 of 2013 (LL77) which requires the NYC Department of Sanitation Commissioner to establish a voluntary residential organic waste curbside collection pilot program and a school organic waste collection pilot program. This document is the first pilot program report required pursuant to LL77. The report includes background, a program summary, and preliminary results through March 2014.
Annual breakdown, by borough and Community District, of recycling and garbage tonnages collected curbside by DSNY, along with diversion and capture rates.
Trasmittal Letter to NYSDEC Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Compliance Report (January 2011 through December 2012) . Agency submitted date as 6/4/2014.
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.