Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Department of Sanitation

Sanitation Commissioner Says She Won’t Tolerate Humans Who Let Their Dogs Poop on New York

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 12, 2022 | No Comments

After two years that city Sanitation officers failed to write a single ticket for violations of the pooper-scooper law, new DSNY Commissioner Jessica Tisch is now vowing a crackdown.

What pedestrians must wade through many nights. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Advocates: The City’s ‘Clean Curbs’ Pilot is Too Small

By Eve Kessler | May 10, 2022 | No Comments

The limited scale of Clean Curbs — basically, the piloting of off-the-shelf storage sheds for bags — hampers the city's goals because it does not require the total rethinking of garbage-collection methods, which is what the city ultimately needs.

Composting at BK ROT. Photo: Via Instagram

OPINION: It’s Time To Mandate Composting Citywide

By Sandy Nurse | May 5, 2022 | No Comments

Small waste programs in underserved Brooklyn neighborhoods show it can be done, argues the Council's Sanitation Committee chairwoman.

Above, a private carting truck that lacks protective side rails. The city's historical deal on commercial waste zones will mandate the rails — if it ever gets off the ground. Photo: Facebook

TRASH TALK: Advocates Warn Against Further Delays on Commercial Waste Zones

By Eve Kessler | May 2, 2022 | No Comments

They don't trust them as far as they can throw them.

Mayor Adams pointed to the new trash enclosures installed by the Times Square Alliance under the Clean Curbs program at press conference on Wednesday. Photo: Mayor's Office

City Will Extend Tiny Clean Curbs Program to All Boroughs

By Eve Kessler | Apr 21, 2022 | No Comments

A pilot program to get trash bags off sidewalks will move beyond Manhattan — first, to Brooklyn. But can it do enough fast enough to curtail 'NY's 5 o'clock shadow'?

Tuesday’s Headlines: Today’s Shiny Object Edition

By Streetsblog | Apr 19, 2022 | No Comments

Yes, we're just like cats. And on Monday, the shiny new object grabbing our attention was the fact that we have a new Sanitation Commissioner making promises left and right. Plus other news.

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