department of sanitation

Beginning on Dec. 1, Stuy Town residents will be able to toss organic waste in specially marked bins. 

The City has invested $21 million in new equipment to remove snow faster from narrow streets.

The law puts garbage and recycling trucks in the same category as emergency vehicles.

The city installed a test of a new garbage bin design at a litter-prone Staten Island location.

The city will pick up e-waste curbside starting Oct. 17.

Richard Ford was charged with driving while intoxicated, prosecutors said.

A sanitation worker drove drunk without his headlights on and refused a breathalyzer test, police said.

Trash at the property has been accumulating since the store closed.

Vincent Gaeta was the third man in Staten Island accused of crashing while high in the past two weeks.

The Department of Sanitation will host events to dispose of hazardous household waste in each borough.

If your trash is usually collected on Mondays you should bring your trash out after 4 p.m. on July 4.

Councilman Corey Johnson has allocated $95,921 for 58 new wastebaskets and increased trash pickups.

The city awarded a contract to Tully Construction Co. Inc. for the work this month.

The Marine Transfer Station planned for the Gansevoort Peninsula requires a memo from the state.

The new bins are meant to keep garbage from spilling on to sidewalks and streets, officials say.