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Executive Order 4

Date Published:: 1990-01-17
Description:: Amending Executive Order 121 (1989) regarding implementation of a Local Solid Waste Management Plan.
Agency:: Mayor's Office (OM)
Subject(s):: Refuse and Refuse Disposal
Report Type:: Executive Orders

Executive Order 21

Date Published:: 1995-03-24
Description:: This Executive Order by the Mayor announces the Implementation of local solid waste Management plan projects.
Agency:: Mayor's Office (OM)
Subject(s):: Government, Sanitation, and Refuse and Refuse Disposal
Report Type:: Executive Orders

The Sector Assessment Project

Date Published:: 2008-09-01
Description:: A summary of the Sector Assessment Project, which investigated challenges faced by the reuse sector and ways to facilitate more effective and efficient reuse programs in New York City.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Sanitation, Recycling, and Refuse and Refuse Disposal
Report Type:: Studies

Annual Report: New York City Curbside Municipal Refuse and Recycling Statistics by Borough and District: Fiscal Year 2011

Date Published:: 2011-06-01
Description:: Curbside 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.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Recycling, Refuse and Refuse Disposal, and Sanitation
Report Type:: Reports - Annual

FY 2012 Annual Report: New York City Curbside Municipal Refuse and Recycling Statistics

Date Published:: 2012-06-01
Description:: Curbside 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.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Recycling, Refuse and Refuse Disposal, and Sanitation
Report Type:: Reports - Annual

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

Annual Report: New York City Curbside Municipal Refuse and Recycling Statistics by Borough and District: Fiscal Year 2013

Date Published:: 2013-06-01
Description:: 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.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Recycling, Refuse and Refuse Disposal, and Sanitation
Report Type:: Reports - Annual

2013 DSNY Annual Report

Date Published:: 2013-07-05
Description:: The Department of Sanitation's Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2013 details the Department's accomplishments for the year. It lists the cleaning operations executed, improvements implemented, and goals achieved. The Department has the responsibility of keeping New York City clean, healthy and safe.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Refuse and Refuse Disposal
Report Type:: Reports - Annual

Annual Report: New York City Curbside Municipal Refuse and Recycling Statistics by Borough and District: Fiscal Year 2014

Date Published:: 2014-06-01
Description:: 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.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Recycling, Refuse and Refuse Disposal, and Sanitation
Report Type:: Reports - Annual

Diversion Report II: NYC Organics Collection Pilot

Date Published:: 2015-01-01
Description:: 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.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Refuse and Refuse Disposal and Sanitation
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Annual Report: New York City Curbside Municipal Refuse and Recycling Statistics by Borough and District: Fiscal Year 2015

Date Published:: 2015-06-01
Description:: 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.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Recycling, Refuse and Refuse Disposal, and Sanitation
Report Type:: Reports - Annual

DSNY Recycling Coloring Book

Date Published:: 2016-04-01
Description:: A coloring book for NYC school children in Pre-K & 1st grade. Teaches about recycling initiatives and organics collection.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Sanitation, Recycling, and Refuse and Refuse Disposal
Report Type:: Other

Sanitation News April 2016

Date Published:: 2016-04-01
Description:: Sanitation News is a publication of the Bureau of Public Information and Community Affairs. It keeps citizens updated on the workings of the Department of Sanitation. This report is for April 2016 and highlights a Mets DSNY Day and Women in Sanitation.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Sanitation, Recycling, and Refuse and Refuse Disposal
Report Type:: Newsletters / Other Serial Publications

Annual Report: New York City Curbside Municipal Refuse and Recycling Statistics by Borough and District: Fiscal Year 2016

Date Published:: 2016-06-01
Description:: 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.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Recycling, Refuse and Refuse Disposal, and Sanitation
Report Type:: Reports - Annual

Trash Talk June 2016

Date Published:: 2016-06-01
Description:: Department of Sanitation newsletter for the month of June 2016, featuring a letter from the commissioner and other news from around the agency, including Sanitation's first-ever strategic plan.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Sanitation, Recycling, and Refuse and Refuse Disposal
Report Type:: Newsletters / Other Serial Publications

Percentage of Existing Lawfully Operating Transfer Stations in New York City by Community District

Date Published:: 2016-07-01
Description:: A publication pursuant to section 4-32(d) of Title 16 of the Rules of the City of New York which details Transfer Stations operating lawfully in New York.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Sanitation, Recycling, and Refuse and Refuse Disposal
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Trash Talk July 2016

Date Published:: 2016-07-06
Description:: Department of Sanitation newsletter for the month of July 2016, featuring a letter from the commissioner and other news from around the agency.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Sanitation, Recycling, and Refuse and Refuse Disposal
Report Type:: Newsletters / Other Serial Publications

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

Press Release #16-31

Date Published:: 2016-08-03
Description:: An announcement of 5 upcoming SAFE (Solvents, Automotive, Flammables, and Electronics) disposal events, one in each borough. More than 14,000 residents brought more than 1.3 million pounds of E-Waste, harmful household waste and unwanted medications to the first round of events.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Sanitation and Refuse and Refuse Disposal
Report Type:: Press Releases

Press Release #16-32

Date Published:: 2016-08-15
Description:: On Wednesday, August 17, 2016, the New York City Department of Sanitation and its donateNYC program will join with more than 60 nonprofit thrift stores and local vintage shops to celebrate National Thrift Store Day and urge New Yorkers to “shop second-hand first.”
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Sanitation, Recycling, and Refuse and Refuse Disposal
Report Type:: Press Releases

Press Release #16-33

Date Published:: 2016-08-17
Description:: DSNY and BIC release results of a study of the City's private carting industry. Collection zones would dramatically reduce truck traffic and greenhouse gas emissions associated with waste collection.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Sanitation, Recycling, and Refuse and Refuse Disposal
Report Type:: Press Releases

Press Release #16-34

Date Published:: 2016-08-24
Description:: Residents looking to dispose of potentially harmful household materials may do so at the Brooklyn SAFE (Solvents, Automotive, Flammables, and Electronics) Disposal event, held this Saturday, August 27, 2016 at Floyd Bennett Field.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Sanitation, Recycling, and Refuse and Refuse Disposal
Report Type:: Press Releases

Press Release #16-35

Date Published:: 2016-08-30
Description:: The New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) announced today that in observance of Labor Day, there will be no garbage, recycling or organics collection, nor street cleaning on Monday, September 5, 2016.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Sanitation, Recycling, and Refuse and Refuse Disposal
Report Type:: Press Releases

donateNYC Annual Partnership Report 2016

Date Published:: 2016-12-01
Description:: The third annual report on the donateNYC Partnership program outlines the environmental and social impacts of donateNYC's partner organizations.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Sanitation, Recycling, and Refuse and Refuse Disposal
Report Type:: Reports - Annual

Monthly Report: New York City Curbside and Containerized Municipal Refuse and Recycling Statistics by Borough and District: JANUARY 2017

Date Published:: 2017-01-01
Description:: Monthly report for January 2017 on tonnage of garbage and recycling picked up from NYC municipalities.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Sanitation, Recycling, and Refuse and Refuse Disposal
Report Type:: Reports - Monthly

Monthly Report: New York City Curbside and Containerized Municipal Refuse and Recycling Statistics by Borough and District: FEBRUARY 2017

Date Published:: 2017-02-01
Description:: Monthy report for February 2017 on tonnage of garbage and recycling picked up from NYC municipalities.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Sanitation, Recycling, and Refuse and Refuse Disposal
Report Type:: Reports - Monthly

Blue Bin Sign English / Spanish

Date Published:: 2017-02-27
Description:: Blue sign with guidelines for recycling, English and Spanish versions. From Bureau of Recycling and Sustainability.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Sanitation, Recycling, and Refuse and Refuse Disposal
Report Type:: Bulletins

Trash Talk March-April 2017

Date Published:: 2017-04-01
Description:: Department of Sanitation newsletter for the months of March & April 2017, featuring a letter from the commissioner and other news from around the agency. This installment features expansion of organics collection and the United Women of Sanitation.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Sanitation, Recycling, and Refuse and Refuse Disposal
Report Type:: Newsletters / Other Serial Publications

Press Release #17-23

Date Published:: 2017-04-26
Description:: DSNY continues to expand curbside collection of organics to Brooklyn's Community Board 1. DSNY Chief marks the occasion by presenting his mother with an organics bin.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Sanitation, Recycling, and Refuse and Refuse Disposal
Report Type:: Press Releases

Press Release #17-25

Date Published:: 2017-05-01
Description:: Starting the week of May 1, the New York City Department of Sanitation will begin the curbside collection organic material, from residents living in Brooklyn’s Community Boards 1 and 16. Additionally, the Department will soon begin organics collection from residents in Community Boards 2, 13 and 15.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Sanitation, Recycling, and Refuse and Refuse Disposal
Report Type:: Press Releases

Press Release #17-26

Date Published:: 2017-05-02
Description:: DSNY continues to expand curbside collection of organics. The Brownsville Multi Service Center has opted to join the program. The Department will present a bin and welcome them. Additionally, certain residents of Brooklyn 16 are now eligible for organics collection.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Sanitation, Recycling, and Refuse and Refuse Disposal
Report Type:: Press Releases

Press Release #17-27

Date Published:: 2017-05-03
Description:: Potentially harmful household materials can be disposed of at DSNY's SAFE Disposal Event on May 13, 2017 at the Orchard Beach parking lot.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Sanitation, Recycling, and Refuse and Refuse Disposal
Report Type:: Press Releases

Press Release #17-26

Date Published:: 2017-05-04
Description:: DSNY, NYC Parks, New York Knicks’ legend Larry Johnson, and actor Jordan-River Samuel unveil #TalkTrashNewYork, a new anti-litter campaign
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Sanitation, Recycling, and Refuse and Refuse Disposal
Report Type:: Press Releases

Press Release #17-28

Date Published:: 2017-05-07
Description:: Because keeping New York City clean takes a full-court press, the New York City Department of Sanitation is partnering with NYC Parks and the New York Knicks to tip off #TalkTrashNewYork, a new springtime anti-litter campaign promoting clean streets, sidewalks, beaches and parks across the City.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Sanitation, Recycling, and Refuse and Refuse Disposal
Report Type:: Press Releases

Press Release #17-29

Date Published:: 2017-05-11
Description:: The New York City Department of Sanitation is announcing the launch of DSNY Info, its smart phone and tablet app that provides Sanitation service reminders, updates and special event schedules. The app also includes tips to reduce, reuse and recycle.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Sanitation, Recycling, and Refuse and Refuse Disposal
Report Type:: Press Releases

2016 Report on DSNY's Alternative Fuel Program

Date Published:: 2017-05-11
Description:: Annual report on the Department of Sanitation's alternative fuel program, as required by Local Law 38 of 2005, Section 24-163.2 of the Administrative Code.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Sanitation, Recycling, and Refuse and Refuse Disposal
Report Type:: Reports - Annual

Transmittal Re: Local Law No. 142 of 2013 Determination

Date Published:: 2017-05-12
Description:: A transmittal letter from Commissioner Kathryn Garcia to Mayor Bill de Blasio, Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, and Chair Antonio Reynoso regarding her study on Polystyrene Foam, made pursuant to LL142/2013.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Sanitation, Recycling, and Refuse and Refuse Disposal
Report Type:: Other

Determination on the Recyclability of Food-Service Foam

Date Published:: 2017-05-12
Description:: A determination by DSNY Commissioner Kathryn Garcia on the recyclability of polystyrene foam, pursuant to Local Law 142 of 2013.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Sanitation, Recycling, and Refuse and Refuse Disposal
Report Type:: Studies

Press Release #17-30

Date Published:: 2017-05-16
Description:: City residents can receive free bags of high-quality compost at the event while supplies last. Fresh Kills, SI.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Sanitation, Recycling, and Refuse and Refuse Disposal
Report Type:: Press Releases

Press Release #17-31

Date Published:: 2017-05-22
Description:: DSNY announced that in observance of Memorial Day, there will be no garbage, recycling, or organics collection, nor street cleaning on Monday, May 29, 2017. The Department previously collected recyclables the week following the holiday, but is modifying its holiday service at this time.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Sanitation, Recycling, and Refuse and Refuse Disposal
Report Type:: Press Releases

Press Release #17-32

Date Published:: 2017-05-23
Description:: DSNY is expanding organics collection in the Bronx by expanding drop-off sites and curbside collection. The Department is also encouraging large apartment buildings to join the program.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Sanitation, Recycling, and Refuse and Refuse Disposal
Report Type:: Press Releases

Annual Report: New York City Curbside Municipal Refuse and Recycling Statistics by Borough and District: Fiscal Year 2017

Date Published:: 2017-06-01
Description:: 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.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Recycling, Refuse and Refuse Disposal, and Sanitation
Report Type:: Reports - Annual

Press Release #17-34

Date Published:: 2017-06-01
Description:: Queens residents can dispose of potentially harmful household materials at a SAFE Disposal Event on Saturday, June 10 at CitiField Parking Lot.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Sanitation, Recycling, and Refuse and Refuse Disposal
Report Type:: Press Releases

Press Release #17-35

Date Published:: 2017-06-05
Description:: 360,000 residents in Brooklyn Community Boards 2, 13, and 15 are able to set their food scraps, food-soiled paper and yard waste at the curb for collection. Additionally, the Department is beginning to distribute brown NYC Organics bins to residents in Brooklyn Community Boards 7, 11 and 12.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Sanitation, Recycling, and Refuse and Refuse Disposal
Report Type:: Press Releases

Press Release #17-36

Date Published:: 2017-06-06
Description:: At today’s 10th annual donateNYC conference, Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia released the NYC Reuse Sector Report, a comprehensive survey of the city’s reuse-associated businesses and organizations that includes places that sell, repair or rent used items.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Sanitation, Recycling, and Refuse and Refuse Disposal
Report Type:: Press Releases

Press Release #17-38

Date Published:: 2017-06-15
Description:: One year after the release of the New York City Department of Sanitation’s first-ever strategic plan, today, the Department published a Strategic Plan Update, providing New Yorkers with the status of the ambitious goals that we set to ensure the needs of an evolving city are met.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Sanitation, Recycling, and Refuse and Refuse Disposal
Report Type:: Press Releases

2016 Strategic Plan 2017 Progress Report

Date Published:: 2017-06-15
Description:: A mid-2017 report by the Department of Sanitation offering an update on how 2016's strategic plan has been implemented.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Sanitation, Recycling, and Refuse and Refuse Disposal
Report Type:: Reports - Annual

Press Release #17-40

Date Published:: 2017-06-27
Description:: The New York City Department of Sanitation announced that starting the week of July 3, residents living in parts of Brooklyn Community Board 7, including Sunset Park and Windsor Terrace, should put their brown organic collection bins out for pickup on their recycling day only.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Sanitation, Recycling, and Refuse and Refuse Disposal
Report Type:: Press Releases

Press Release #17-41

Date Published:: 2017-06-28
Description:: The New York City Department of Sanitation announced that in observance of Independence Day, there will be no garbage, recycling, or organics collection, nor street cleaning on Tuesday, July 4, 2017.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Sanitation, Recycling, and Refuse and Refuse Disposal
Report Type:: Press Releases

NYC Schools Guide to Zero Wste

Date Published:: 2017-11-01
Description:: This guide is for any school receiving DSNY collection service. The goal is to make all schools Zero Waste Schools by taking best practices from the first 100 Zero Waste Schools, started in 2016.
Agency:: Sanitation, Department of (DSNY)
Subject(s):: Recycling, Refuse and Refuse Disposal, and Schools
Report Type:: Guides

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