NEW YORK— Compost collectionwill expand across New York City's five boroughsstarting this weekend. While some New Yorkers see it as an inconvenience, the Department of Sanitation emphasizes its benefit to the environment andthe city's fight against rats. Compost rules in NYC Recycling day will ...
The New York City Department of Sanitation and a local real estate agency announced that an apartment building on Manhattan's West Side will be the first in the city to receive regular food waste collection for composting. The Helena apartment building became the first to offer or-ganics ...
New York’s Department of Sanitation (DSNY) is in the process of creating a competitive bid market, assigning private haulers to specific commercial districts throughout the city. Only a few carters will be approved for each zone, based on their plans to improve their operations in line with...
The Sanitation Department saysthe official bins are rat resistant, easy to use for sanitation workers and compatible with collection trucks.They also say the cost is significantly less than bins of similar sizes at retail stores, and they come with a 10-year warranty.The 35 gallon bin costs $...
The article offers information on the Organic Waste Collection Program launched in New York City's schools by the New York City Department of Education in collaboration with the Department of Sanitation to reduce its garbage footprint. It presents the views of Education Department's chief executive...