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?
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?

… … Garbage disposals have been legal in New York for almost 25 years but many if not most New York City apartment buildingsparticularly prewarsstill dont allow them Thats because the older pipes that serve many …

By Brick Underground |December 13, 2021 - 2:30PM