AGENCY TESTIMONY
Recent changes to waste set-out times and commercial waste bin requirements
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Commissioner Tisch details recent changes to waste management practices in NYC, focusing on set-out times and commercial waste bin requirements.
- Describes the change in legal set-out time for waste from 4 PM to later in the evening
- Explains how this change incentivizes the use of containers
- Outlines the implementation of trash bin requirements for all businesses in the city
- Mentions enforcement efforts, including approximately 60,000 summonses and warnings issued to non-compliant businesses
Jessica Tisch
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This effort began in earnest in April 2023 with a change to the time when waste may legally be set out at the curb.
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The old set out time of 4 PM was among the earliest in the world, and it meant that the vast majority of trash set out for more than half of a given 24 hour period.
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The change in set out time also incentivized the use of containers by allowing containerized waste to go out earlier, thus helping New Yorkers to begin kicking the habit of putting trash directly on our sidewalks.
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Between September 2023 March 2024, DSNY phased in trash bin requirements for every single business in the city, and those bins are now fighting rats in commercial corridors in every corner of the city.
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While we have seen widespread compliance, we are also engaging in meaningful enforcement around this requirement, having issued approximately 60,000 summonses and warnings to businesses failing to use containers to date.
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Residents can also report this violation directly to 311 and expect a next day inspection by d s n y.
