AGENCY TESTIMONY
Response to pre-considered introduction on city agency trash containerization
0:19:03
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44 sec
Commissioner Tisch addresses the pre-considered introduction sponsored by Chair Abreu regarding trash containerization for city agencies.
- Acknowledges the important goal of containerizing city agency trash
- Explains that DSNY's current approach is based on detailed volumetric analysis and block-by-block surveys
- Notes that city agencies are already required to containerize their trash alongside businesses and lower-density residential buildings
- Expresses concern that the bill requires even small schools and offices to use Empire Bins, which may not be appropriate in many cases
- Offers to work with the chair on a revision that achieves universal containerization while maximizing the use of public space
Jessica Tisch
0:19:03
The administration has similar feelings about the pre considered introduction sponsored by Chair Abreu.
0:19:08
The specifics of the trash revolution were not designed haphazardly, but rather based on a detailed volumetric analysis and block by block surveys.
0:19:16
Last week, we began requiring all city agencies to containerize their trash alongside and in a similar manner to all businesses and all lower density residential buildings because this analysis showed that this is the phase of the trash revolution in which city agency buildings belong.
0:19:34
This legislation has a very important goal, to containerize city agency trash, but it requires even small schools and offices to use empire bins, which our research shows are not appropriate in many cases.
