trash & recycling

By Jennifer White Karp |October 4, 2024 - 10:15AM

DSNY truck takes away black trash bags on an NYC street

Receptacles required: NYC buildings can now buy city-mandated trash bins

… NYC bins are available for $4588 for a 35gallon bin and $5301 for a 45gallon container plus taxes and processing fees … Brooklyn this month the city plans to bring the voluntary pickup program to the Bronx Staten Island and Manhattan next … by cleaning up the canslids after the Sanitation does their pickup will result in even more afterhours work … You Might …

By Celia Young |August 6, 2024 - 10:00AM

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10 easy ways to honor Earth Day in NYC 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

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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Clearing out your house? Here's where you can donate stuff so it doesn't end up in a landfill

… note A previous version of the article ran in October 2018 We are presenting it again with updated information for … dimensions as well as any other factors that could affect pickup Helpful instructions may run along the lines of it is … at least two people must carry down one flight of stairs pickup only available on weekends has to be gone by X date …

By Mimi OConnor |September 26, 2023 - 10:30AM