DSNY’s ecycleNYC Program to Expand Curbside Pickups

SEATTLE (Waste 360): The New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) recently announced that the curbside e-waste pickups that are part of the city’s ecycleNYC program have now expanded beyond Staten Island and North Brooklyn to include South Brooklyn and Western Queens.

According to city officials, curbside pickups, launched as a pilot effort by DSNY and Electronic Recyclers International (ERI) in Staten Island (later expanding into Northern Brooklyn), have been so successful that the concept is now being made available to residents in South Brooklyn and Western Queens.

Effective immediately, residents in buildings with one to nine units living in South Brooklyn and Western Queens community boards will be eligible to receive curbside collection of their unwanted electronics items that are covered under the New York State disposal ban. This announcement continues the expansion of DSNY’s e-waste curbside collection program.

This expansion covers residents living in one- to nine-unit buildings in Brooklyn Community Boards 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 18 and Queens Community Boards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 9.

Pickups will take place Monday through Friday, except city holidays. Items must be placed at the curb; sanitation workers cannot enter private property.

Residents with electronic items may also visit the Special Waste Drop-Off locations or attend one of the SAFE Disposal Events. Both accept e-waste covered by state law. Residents living in buildings with 10 or more units should enroll in ecycleNYC, a free, in-building e-waste collection program for large buildings.

After collection by sanitation, ERI removes the e-waste for proper and safe recycling.

Courtesy: https://waste360.com