Statement on Intro 55 of 2024

March 7, 2024

The Transform Don’t Trash NYC Coalition applauds Councilmember Sandy Nurse, Sanitation Committee Chair Shawn Abreu, Speaker Adrienne Adams, and Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso for advancing legislation that would require the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) to begin accepting commercial waste


New Yorkers Cheer Signing of Commercial Sanitation Reform Bill

November 20, 2019

Mayor Bill de Blasio signed the Commercial Waste Zones Law today at a ceremony in Brooklyn. The law will overhaul how trash is collected from businesses across the city, improving safety, cutting pollution, protecting workers, and establishing fair prices for




New Report: Trashing New York’s Neighborhoods

October 8, 2019

New York City is undermining its major investments in solid waste and recycling infrastructure by allowing the private commercial waste industry to massively increase its reliance on trucking of commercial waste, according to a new report out today by the