trash & recycling

Women cooking uses compost bin
Products + Services
All the dirt on NYC's compost collection program
By Jennifer White Karp |October 4, 2024 - 10:15AM
DSNY truck takes away black trash bags on an NYC street
Neighborhood Intel
Receptacles required: NYC buildings can now buy city-mandated trash bins
By Celia Young |August 6, 2024 - 10:00AM
orange public Smart Compost Bin NYC
Live
10 easy ways to honor Earth Day that you can do every day
By Jennifer White Karp |April 22, 2024 - 4:00PM
A row of old metal garbage cans outside an urban neighborhood home along a sidewalk in Astoria Queens New York
Neighborhood Intel
What to know about NYC’s new rules for putting out your trash, recycling, and organic waste
By Celia Young |December 13, 2023 - 2:30PM
NYC garbage can
Neighborhood Intel
6 ways NYC can help you recycle, compost, and throw out trash more responsibly
By Celia Young |November 10, 2023 - 4:00PM
Black Garbage Bags sit on a Residential Street in Greenwich Village of New York City.
Neighborhood Intel
Rat attack: NYC will require small apartment buildings to put trash in containers instead of bags next year
By Celia Young |October 13, 2023 - 1:30PM
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Products + Services
Clearing out your house? Here's where you can donate stuff so it doesn't end up in a landfill
By Mimi OConnor |September 26, 2023 - 10:30AM
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Roommates + Landlords
Our landlord says we have to keep our garbage in our apartment until pick up day. Is this a violation of any kind?

… dont follow through According to NYC administrative code section 16120a a person who manages or controls a building … the building or in the basement Buildings with nine or more apartments are also required to provide janitorial services … DSNY may ticket your landlord if the building has more than four units for not providing bins for recycling says DSNYs …

By Austin Havens-Bowen |July 26, 2022 - 1:30PM
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Neighborhood Intel
What a possible doorman strike means for New Yorkers
By Emily Myers |April 18, 2022 - 3:30PM
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Renovation
Are garbage disposals illegal in NYC apartment buildings?
By Brick Underground |December 13, 2021 - 2:30PM