New York, NY – In response to the Department of Sanitation’s annual Commercial Waste Zones report, the Transform Don’t Trash NYC coalition released the following statement:
“Six years after passing the Commercial Waste Zones law, DSNY has finally released data
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
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
A diverse coalition of New Yorkers rallied alongside City Council members this morning to support passage of a bill to create a citywide commercial waste zone system. The new policy will reform a private trash hauling industry responsible for over
Today the New York City Council announced amended legislation negotiated with the Transform Don’t Trash NYC coalition to overhaul the commercial sanitation industry through commercial waste zones. The updated commercial waste zone legislation includes several new provisions to reduce pollution,
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
A diverse coalition of New Yorkers rallied alongside City Council members this morning for a bill to create a citywide commercial waste zone system. The new policy will improve safety and cut pollution in a private trash hauling industry responsible
The Transform Don’t Trash NYC coalition today called on the City Council to move quickly to pass the Commercial Waste Zone bill, following a report from the New York Post that a private carting company owner was indicted for covering