Volume 1 of the Final Report presents the results of the PWCS conducted in May and June 2004, and the WCS, conducted from October 2004 through August 2005. The purpose of both the PWCS and WCS was to characterize the City’s residential Waste.
While much debate has focused on the front end of municipal recycling processes - participation, education, and diversion rates - this study explores how securing stable, long-term, primary processing capacity at the local level is the most crucial aspect of viable recycling programs.
A report issued by the NYC Sanitation's Bureau of Waste Prevention, Reuse and Recycling (BWPRR), exploring how mixed-waste processing and composting technologies together could potentially be incorporated into existing City waste-management strategies.