Q&A
Electronic waste disposal program and accommodations for seniors and disabled residents
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Council Member Chris Banks inquires about the electronic waste disposal program and accommodations for seniors and people with disabilities who may have difficulty accessing disposal sites. DSNY representatives explain the current options and a specific program for larger residential buildings.
- Various options for e-waste disposal include pop-up events, special waste sites, and retailer take-back programs
- Buildings with over 10 units can sign up for a free electronics recycling program with in-building pickup
- Concern raised about accommodations for homebound seniors and disabled individuals in smaller buildings
Chris Banks
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Ontario.
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Okay.
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Moving on to another topic, the electronic disposal program.
Joshua Goodman
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Yes.
Chris Banks
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Particularly, I know there's some items that still have to go through 311.
0:52:42
You may have to call and and and get it, I guess, marked.
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But those items that are not eligible for that.
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What reasonable accommodations are being done for elderly or people with disabilities?
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Who can't make it to those sites?
Joshua Goodman
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So there are you're correct, that there is no curbside program today for those items.
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There have been small scale curbside programs in the past.
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The options are to drop it off at one of our pop up events, to take it to a special waste site, which we have one in every borough.
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Certain items can be brought back to the retailer for which they were purchased.
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And then also, we have starting this year, I believe, is the first time, one community recycling event per community board.
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So there should be and I understand.
Chris Banks
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Well, listen, you do.
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There are the reality is that there are some seniors and people with disabilities who never leave their home.
0:53:45
Right.
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But, obviously, you have items that they wanna get rid of.
UNKNOWN
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Of course,
Chris Banks
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what reasonable accommodations are made for them to assist them, so they're not left in the door.
Joshua Goodman
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Kate Gibson here on that?
Katie Kitchener
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Yeah.
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I was just gonna say that any building in the city that's over 10 units can sign up for a free electronics recycling program and
Chris Banks
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Okay.
Katie Kitchener
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That it'll be in your building, so you just have to bring it downstairs.
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And it will be it's free pickup, it's free for the city, and it's free for the building.
Chris Banks
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So that information is being distributed.
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So okay.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Do you
David Carr
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have any more questions?
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No.
Chris Banks
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That's it.
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Thank
Shaun Abreu
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you.
