AGENCY TESTIMONY
Empire Bins program for larger residential buildings
0:10:59
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Commissioner Tisch introduces the Empire Bins program, a new initiative for containerizing trash from larger residential buildings in NYC.
- Describes Empire Bins as European-style stationary on-street containers for use by larger buildings
- Announces a pilot program starting in Manhattan Community District 9 in West Harlem in spring of the following year
- Explains that Empire Bins will be assigned to specific large buildings, not shared by entire blocks
- Outlines the requirements for buildings with 31 or more units and options for buildings with 10-30 units
- Emphasizes that this program will create an area with no bags of trash on the street, serving as a study for further expansion
Jessica Tisch
0:10:59
Mayor Adams has been clear.
0:11:01
The plan is to containerize all trash across the entire city based on learnings from an upcoming pilot.
0:11:06
In the spring of next year, d s and y will begin the installation of Empire Bins, a European style stationary on street container for use by larger buildings, starting with Manhattan Community District 9 in West Harlem.
0:11:19
Unlike similar on street trash containerization programs in Europe, South America, and Asia, empire bins will not be shared by the entire block, but rather assigned specific to specifically to a large building for use only by that building staff.
0:11:36
This will prevent bins from overflowing and essentially uses New York City's density, one of the supposed stumbling blocks of prior containerization efforts to our advantage going forward.
0:11:47
The empire bins will be required for all buildings in the pilot area with 31 or more units, and buildings with 10 to 30 units will have a choice of either opting in to request the use of empire bins or containerizing via wheelie bins like the city's smaller residential buildings.
0:12:05
When this first district is installed, there will be one entire part of the city with no bags of trash on the street, a perfect district to study and from which to plan expansion.
