Recycling : 515 Edgecombe Cooperative

All res­i­dents of 515 Edge­combe Avenue coop­er­a­tive 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.

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Reduce

Paper, pack­ag­ing, and food waste make up the largest sec­tions of New York City’s trash and recy­clables. Learn how to reduce paper waste and pack­ag­ing waste (such as bags, drink cups, and oth­er pack­ag­ing); elim­i­nate unwant­ed mail; and turn your yard and kitchen waste into com­post.

Anoth­er way to reduce waste is to make sure that the prod­ucts that you bring into your home are durable or long last­ing. You should also bring reusable con­tain­ers (such as bags and mugs) with you, while shop­ping.

Min­i­miz­ing the num­ber of poten­tial­ly harm­ful prod­ucts you use in your home is also impor­tant. See our shop­ping tips to learn about oth­er oppor­tu­ni­ties to reduce waste.

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Reuse

Find a new home for your unwant­ed items. Donate or sell items in good con­di­tion to thrift stores, non-prof­it orga­ni­za­tions in need, con­sign­ment shops, or through online reuse and mate­ri­als exchanges.

You can also send items back to the man­u­fac­tur­er or retail­er for resale, refur­bish­ing, or recy­cling. Some prod­uct take-back pro­grams incen­tivize the return of items by offer­ing coupons, cred­it, or dis­counts.

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Recy­cle

Every build­ing in New York City is required by law to recy­cle. The NYC Depart­ment of San­i­ta­tion  col­lects recy­clables at the curb from res­i­dents, city agen­cies, and insti­tu­tions through­out the five bor­oughs. If you are already recy­cling, con­sid­er enhanc­ing your par­tic­i­pa­tion in the City’s recy­cling pro­gram by choos­ing to pur­chase items and pack­ag­ing that can be recy­cled.

Buy­ing prod­ucts that are made from recy­cled mate­ri­als also bol­sters mar­kets for the items that you place at the curb for recy­cling.