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RECYCLING – OUR JOINT RESPONSIBILITY
All res­i­dents of 515 Edge­combe avenue coop­er­a­tion are required by law to recy­cle their waste in accor­dance with New York City Guide­lines.

These guide­lines have been post­ed on the main notice board in the building’s Lob­by. Appro­pri­ate recy­cling bins are avail­able in the des­ig­nat­ed area on the build­ing premis­es.

Every build­ing in New York City is required by law to recy­cle. The Sol­id Waste Man­age­ment Act of 1988 requires com­pre­hen­sive recy­cling in New York State. New York City ben­e­fits not only envi­ron­men­tal­ly, but also eco­nom­i­cal­ly from recy­cling. New York­ers must not lose the ben­e­fits of recy­cling by let­ting up on pru­dent waste man­age­ment prac­tices. Accord­ing to New York State Attor­ney Gen­er­al Elliot Spitzer, “Recy­cling is unques­tion­ably one of the most impor­tant efforts we make to con­serve nat­ur­al resources and reduce our depen­dence on land­fills and incin­er­a­tors – recy­cling makes enor­mous eco­nom­ic and envi­ron­men­tal sense and I am ful­ly com­mit­ted to expand­ing and enforc­ing recy­cling laws so that we can real­ize their full ben­e­fits.”

The infor­ma­tion below pro­vides guide­lines on what and how to recy­cle: For fur­ther infor­ma­tion please vis­it the New York City web­site.

What to Recy­cle with San­i­ta­tion

The require­ments detailed below apply to all NYC res­i­dences, schools, insti­tu­tions, and agen­cies ser­viced by the Depart­ment of San­i­ta­tion (DSNY) .

Watch ”How to Recy­cle in NYC“ ,
a help­ful and infor­ma­tive recy­cling video pro­duced by NYC Media and How­cast in con­sul­ta­tion with the Bureau of Waste Pre­ven­tion, Reuse and Recy­cling.

If your loca­tion is ser­viced by a pri­vate carter for garbage col­lec­tion, see the recy­cling require­ments for com­mer­cial busi­ness­es. If your site’s garbage is col­lect­ed by DSNY but you elect to use a pri­vate carter for your recy­clables, you must com­ply with cer­tain report­ing require­ments.

What to Recy­cle: Man­dat­ed Mate­ri­als
paper and card­board
bev­er­age car­tons, bot­tles, cans, met­al & foil
bulky items
fall leaves (for cer­tain dis­tricts)

Col­lec­tion, Con­tain­ers, and Pro­mo­tion­al Mate­ri­als
when to recy­cle and missed col­lec­tions
recy­cling con­tain­ers & decals
pro­mo­tion­al mate­ri­als

More Info
recy­cling sym­bol
also see

What and How to Recy­cle with San­i­ta­tion:
PAPER & CARDBOARD

  • news­pa­pers, mag­a­zines, cat­a­logs

  • white and col­ored paper (lined, copi­er, com­put­er, sta­ples OK)

  • mail and envelopes (any col­or, win­dow envelopes OK)

  • paper bags

  • wrap­ping paper

  • soft-cov­er books, tele­phone books (paper­backs, comics, etc.; no spi­ral bind­ings)

  • card­board egg car­tons and trays

  • smooth card­board (food and shoes box­es, tubes, file fold­ers, card­board from prod­uct pack­ag­ing)

  • cor­ru­gat­ed card­board box­es (flat­tened and tied)

Place all paper recy­clables togeth­er in CLEAR bags, or in any bin labeled with GREEN recy­cling decals or marked “MIXED PAPER”. Or place in the white dump­ster for paper recy­cling, if your build­ing has one.)

Flat­ten and bun­dle large pieces of cor­ru­gat­ed card­board and tie with stur­dy twine, or break into small pieces to place in your recy­cling bin or bag. (Or place loose in the white dump­ster for paper recy­cling, if your build­ing has one.)

See how you can reduce your junk mail.

Don’t include the fol­low­ing with your paper recy­cling:

  • hard­cov­er books
  • nap­kins, paper tow­els, or tis­sues
  • soiled paper cups or plates
  • paper soiled with food or liq­uid
  • paper with a lot of tape and glue
  • plas­tic- or wax-coat­ed paper (can­dy wrap­pers, take-out con­tain­ers, etc.)
  • pho­to­graph­ic paper

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What and How to Recy­cle with San­i­ta­tion:
BEVERAGE CARTONS, BOTTLES, CANS, METAL & FOIL

  • plas­tic bot­tles & jugs only

  • glass bot­tles & jars only

  • met­al cans (soup, pet food, emp­ty aerosol cans, dried-out paint cans, etc.)

  • alu­minum foil wrap & trays

  • house­hold met­al (wire hang­ers, pots, tools, cur­tain rods, knives, small appli­ances that are most­ly met­al, etc.)

Emp­ty and rinse con­tain­ers before recy­cling. Place all togeth­er in CLEAR bags, or in any bin labeled with BLUE recy­cling decals or marked “BOTTLES & CANS”.

Remove caps & lids. Place METAL caps & lids in the recy­cling bin; put plas­tic caps & lids in the garbage.

Wrap knives or sim­i­lar sharp met­al objects in card­board (such as a piece of cere­al box) and secure with tape. Label the pack­age “CAUTION: SHARP” and place with oth­er des­ig­nat­ed met­al, glass, plas­tic recy­clables. For Home Sharps/Hypodermics, see House­hold Med­ical Wastes.

Place bulk met­al next to recy­cling bins or bags.

Call 311 before dis­card­ing appli­ances that con­tain CFC gas.

5¢ deposit: Bring deposit bot­tles and cans back to the store for refunds.

Don’t include the fol­low­ing with your bot­tle and can recy­cling:

  • any glass items oth­er than glass bot­tles & jars (mir­rors, light­bulbs, ceram­ics, glass­ware, etc.)

  • Sty­ro­foam (cups, egg car­tons, trays, etc.)

  • bat­ter­ies

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What and How to Recy­cle:
BULKY ITEMS

Fur­ni­ture and appli­ances that are pre­dom­i­nant­ly met­al and are too big for your recy­cling con­tain­er or clear bag (such as wash­ing machines, met­al fil­ing cab­i­nets, box springs, or water heaters) should be placed beside the recy­cling con­tain­er on your reg­u­lar Recy­cling Day .

Before dis­card­ing appli­ances con­tain­ing CFC gas or fre­on (such as refrig­er­a­tors, freez­ers, air con­di­tion­ers, or dehu­mid­i­fiers), you must sched­ule an appoint­ment to place the item at the curb for CFC recov­ery. You can make an appoint­ment on the San­i­ta­tion web­site or call 311. For safe­ty rea­sons, the law requires doors to be removed from refrig­er­a­tors and freez­ers before plac­ing at the curb.

Non-recy­clable trash that is too big for your garbage con­tain­er or bag (such as mat­tress­es, lum­ber, or debris from small con­struc­tion or gar­den projects) may be placed at the curb on any reg­u­lar garbage col­lec­tion day .

The Depart­ment of San­i­ta­tion will col­lect up to six bulk items from one address. For more infor­ma­tion, see bulk col­lec­tion on the DSNY web­site. There are spe­cial reg­u­la­tions for wood from trees and for mat­tress­es .

For info on how to han­dle TVs and oth­er bro­ken elec­tron­ics, see elec­tron­ics recy­cling.

For info on how to donate reusable fur­ni­ture and oth­er goods, vis­it NYC Stuff Exchange .

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When to Recy­cle and Missed Col­lec­tions

To find out your Recy­cling Day use the col­lec­tion sched­ule fea­ture on the San­i­ta­tion web­site,  or call 311.

To report missed col­lec­tions, call 311, or com­plete the Missed Col­lec­tion form on the San­i­ta­tion web­site.

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Recy­cling Con­tain­ers and Decals

The NYC Depart­ment of San­i­ta­tion does not sup­ply bins or bags for recy­clables (or refuse). Rigid con­tain­ers can be used for recy­cling as long as they are 18–32 gal­lon capac­i­ty, have lids, and are prop­er­ly labeled. Plas­tic bags for recy­cling must be CLEAR, 13–55 gal­lon capac­i­ty. See where to buy recy­cling bins.

out­door con­tain­ers and decals
indoor con­tain­ers and decals

Out­door Con­tain­ers and Decals
(for setout at the curb for DSNY col­lec­tion)

To request free decals to label con­tain­ers, go to our pro­mo­tion­al mate­ri­als page or call the NYC Cit­i­zen Ser­vice Cen­ter at 311.

Label con­tain­ers on both sides and the lid with Depart­ment of San­i­ta­tion decals, or per­ma­nent­ly marked in let­ters at least 4″ high:

RECYCLING: MIXED PAPER (green decal)

RECYCLING: BOTTLES, CANS & FOIL (blue decal)

Decal appli­ca­tion is most effec­tive when decal is applied dur­ing tem­per­a­tures between 40° and 50°F to a sur­face that is dry, clean, and smooth.

To request free decals to label con­tain­ers for Depart­ment of San­i­ta­tion recy­cling col­lec­tion, see our pro­mo­tion­al mate­ri­als page or call the NYC Cit­i­zen Ser­vice Cen­ter at 311. Request new decals when fading/peeling occurs.

Indoor Con­tain­ers and Decals
(for inter­nal col­lec­tion of recy­clables)

Apart­ment build­ings, city agen­cies, schools, and oth­er orga­ni­za­tions receiv­ing DSNY col­lec­tion ser­vice can request sets of blue and green indoor decals to label indoor recy­cling con­tain­ers placed in com­mon areas.

These decals are for indoor use only, since they are too small and not durable enough for out­door use.

To request free decals to label indoor recy­cling con­tain­ers, see our pro­mo­tion­al mate­ri­als page or call the NYC Cit­i­zen Ser­vice Cen­ter at 311.

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Recy­cling Sym­bol

Many res­i­dents are con­fused about what to recy­cle because so many prod­ucts dis­play the uni­ver­sal recy­cling sym­bol (three chas­ing arrows), pri­mar­i­ly as a mar­ket­ing tool (see more infor­ma­tion on plas­tics resin codes).

But you don’t need to look for a recy­cling sym­bol or check the num­bers. Refer to the what to recy­cle lists above to decide what to put into recy­cling con­tain­ers.

Only items that have a viable resale mar­ket are accept­ed by New York City’s Recy­cling Pro­gram. Do not place items in your recy­cling con­tain­ers just because the pack­age dis­plays a recy­cling sym­bol or oth­er recy­cling infor­ma­tion. When in doubt, leave it out.

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ALSO SEE:
recy­cling at home
recy­cling in schools
recy­cling in agen­cies & insti­tu­tions
recy­cling in busi­ness­es

all about plas­tics
what hap­pens to recy­clables
his­to­ry of recy­cling in nyc
fre­quent­ly asked ques­tions
reports and stats
what’s in nyc’s waste
get rid of stuff
request forms
help­ful links
prod­ucts and ser­vices