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Press Release #21-53

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DSNY installed 16 pioneering “Smart Bins” to collect food scraps in Astoria, Queens. Along with a similar pilot launched by Alliance for Downtown New York in Lower Manhattan this week, these bins are the first test of an effort to allow round-the-clock drop-off of compostable material.

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  • Along with separate pilot in Lower Manhattan, first effort to test new technology to divert food scraps
  • NYC Department of Sanitation Installs “Smart Bins” for Compost in Astoria
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Report type
  • Press Releases
Date published
  • 2021-12-10
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Fiscal year
  • 2022
Calendar year
  • 2021
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  • Queens
  • Manhattan
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