During fall 2012 and spring 2013, DSNY conducted a waste characterization study of the curbside waste stream (2013 study). DSNY periodically conducts these studies to see what has changed in the composition of material collected by DSNY in order to inform future waste management planning.
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.
White paper explaining rationale for rapidly increasing recycling citywide in the 1990s, and to propose supporting legislative and policy initiatives. Outlines policies and programs needed to attain a 15% recycling goal by 1991.
I am pleased to submit the attached Status Report on Materials Recycling Activities in New York City, which documents the steps taken by the Department of Sanitation during the past year to address the City's pressing waste disposal needs through a program of recycling initiatives.