In accordance with New York City Administrative Code § 16-111.2, the New York City Department of Sanitation submits the following metrics on mechanized street sweeping operations from January 1 through June 30, 2024, detailing number of routes scheduled and percentages completed.
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.
NYC Sanitation's final Environmental Impact Statement of 2004, prepared in advance of the Department's 2005 Solid Waste Management Plan, which guides Sanitation planning and infrastructure for the next 20 years, and it's appendices.
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.