In response to the unprecedented public interest in garbage disposal and resource recovery in the late 1970s, this report was drafted as a response to the most common questions people had in this area, and outlines the new directions the Koch Administration planned to pursue.
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.
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.
This study was initiated in response to Local Law 19 requiring the City to achieve a mandatory recycling goal of at least 25% of the waste stream. The filed data collected will be used by DOS to implement recycling feasibility studies, pilot-scale projects, and full-scale facilities.
In 1997, as part of DSNY's ongoing assessment of strategies to gauge the performance of NYC’s Curbside Recycling Program, it conducted a short-term, three-part pilot program to measure the effectiveness of mixed waste processing. Each part of the pilot is treated in a chapter of this report.
Local Law 19 of 1989 created mandatory recycling in New York City. This report summarizes the outreach efforts of the NYC Department of Sanitation in the ensuring years, as it rolled out recycling programs citywide.
This report provides the results of a material-specific waste composition analysis of the New York City municipal solid waste stream, intended to assist DOS in focusing its resources more effectively and enhancing its capabilities in measuring the impacts of its waste prevention programs.
This document provides a comprehensive description of the portion of the New York City waste stream managed by the city’s Department of Sanitation (DOS). It is intended as a reference document. Actual FY1992-2000 data are provided, as well as projections from DOS for fys 2000-02
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A summary report comparing recycling rates in New York City to that of other cities, to ensure that discussions of national recycling statistics are comparing "apples to apples," so that NYC can accurately assess it's own progress and learn from other programs.
Through a number of programs over the past ten years, DSNY has looked at two strategies to recover the compostable fraction of the waste stream: centralized and decentralized (or on-site) composting. This report summarizes the Department's experiences as well as recommendations for advancing each.
A 2002 study assessing the composition of the metals, glass, and plastics waste stream, in order to aid the decision-making process around recycling programs.
The Department will develop a scope and conduct a study and will follow the Administrative
Code as amended by Local Law 74 of 2000. Communities such as Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Red Hook, and other Brooklyn
neighborhoods are included in this public hearing.
The Department will develop a scope and conduct a study and will follow the
Administrative Code as amended by Local Law 74 of 2000. Communities in Queens will be discussed in this panel.
The Queens Solid Waste Advisory Board chairperson, Bob LoPinto has attended, among other representatives of
various organizations in Queens.
The Department will develop a scope and conduct a study and will follow the Administrative Code
as amended by Local Law 74 of 2000. Communities in Staten Island will be discussed, and in particular, waste management
in these areas. Representatives from the Citywide Recycling Advisory Board and the five borough Solid Waste Advisory
Boards and other groups will be attending.
The Department will develop a scope and conduct a study and will follow the Administrative
Code as amended by Local Law 74 of 2000. The enforcement of the commercial recycling regulations must be improved
and waste prevention must be encouraged in the commercial sector. Multople representatives for boards in Manhattan
have attended, such as Rick Muller of the Manhattan Solid Waste Advisory Board.
The commercial waste study will move forward by developing, through Henningson, Durham & Richardson
(HDR), a scope and they will conduct a study. The outline of the sutdy are set forth by the Administrative Code as
amended by Local Law 74 of 2000. HDR, Dan Harkins, Deputy Commissioner Steve Lawitts, Sarah Dolinar, and Vaugh Arnold
attended this meeting. The focus is on comments on commercial waste management issues that affect certain communities.
Commercial Waste Management Study Draft Scope of Work for Public Comment and Related Documents.
Letter from the Assistant Commissioner Harry Szarpanski. Fulfilling the mandate of Local Law 74 of 2000, the Study
will evaluate and recommend changes in commercial solid waste management in the CIty. DSNY's consultant team,
Henningson, Durham and Richardson Architecture and Engineering, P.C. (HDR) will conduct the Study. There were
meetings to solicit comments from the Citywide Recycling Advisory Board, the Borough Solid Waste Advisory Boards,
Community Boards, and environmental organizations among others.
Based on the current regulations of commercial transfer stations as mandated by Local Law 74,
the study will evaluate the need for changes in the regulatory system. Some issues to be addressed are that as noted
in the Preliminary Report, there is no single comprehensive system for recording data on commercial waste generation
in the City. The study will assess the means and effects of limiting privately owned putrescible commercial waste
transfer capacity. Marine Transfer Stations and commercial waste stations in Community Districts will be analyzed.
The Department of Sanitation conducted a hearing to receive comments on the proposed rule governing certain restrictions to the siting of solid waste transfer stations. The rule will prohibit any new transfer stations from developing and increase the holding capacity of preexisting stations.
An advertisement dealing with stopping junk mail from reaching the mailbox. It encourages recycling paper by giving out tips on how no to get junk mail.
The Department of Sanitation is responsible for managing all of the waste generated in the City and for developing a Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan for all waste generated between 2004 through 2024. The department developed the Commercial Waste Management Study to enable the City to assess and plan for the management of the commercial waste stream, to minimize the adverse impacts on the City's communities and environments, and to assist in developing the new plan.
The Department of Sanitation is seeking qualified vendors to provide facilities, equipment, labor, and services necessary to accept, process and market recyclables collected under the city's recycling program.
The Department of Sanitation is seeking qualified vendors to provide facilities, equipment, labor, and services necessary to accept, process and market recyclables collected under the city's recycling program.
Appendices to Request for proposals to receive, transfer, transport and dispose of Department of Sanitation managed waste from Brooklyn formerly delivered to the Greenpoint Marine Transfer Station. / RFP issurance date: December 22, 2003
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.
New York City MSW Composting Report: Summary of Research Project and Conceptual Pilot Facility Design, January 2004. Appendix D: New York City Institutional / Commercial / Industrial Organic Waste Composting Economic and Technical Viability Final Report.
This details the New York City MSW Composting Report: Summary of Research Project and Conceptual Pilot Facility Design. This section, Appendix G, lists the interpretation of the waste and compost tests conducted.
This details the New York City MSW Composting Report: Summary of Research Project and Conceptual Pilot Facility Design. This section, Appendix I, lists the revised preliminary design and cost estimate for material recovery facility front end for co-composting pilot facility.
New York City MSW Composting Report: Summary of Research Project and Conceptual Pilot Facility Design, January 2004. Director's Note / Acknowledgements
New York City MSW Composting Report: Summary of Research and Conceptual Pilot Facility Design, January 2004. Chapter 5: Learning Objectives and Conceptual Design
This details the New York City MSW Composting Report: Summary of Research Project and Conceptual Pilot Facility Design. This section, Appendix F, lists data from the New York City composting trials.
This details the New York City MSW Composting Report: Summary of Research Project and Conceptual Pilot Facility Design. This section, Appendix J, lists the life cycle financial analysis for New York City's MSW Composting Facility.