The Department conducted the 2017 NYC Residential, School, and NYCHA (NYC Housing Authority) Waste Characterization Study over three seasons: spring, summer, and fall. This study builds on decades of research and analysis into the evolving composition of NYC's waste stream. The study team hand sorted samples into 70 main sort categories. Results are presented in absolute terms as the quantity by weight of each material type. The quantity of each material is calculated by applying the percent composition to the total quantity of DSNY collections for fiscal year 2017 (July 2016-June 2017).

The Solid Waste Management Freshkills documents are a collection of links to reports, maps, official documentation and studies regarding the Fresh Kills Landfill.

Location of DSNY garages. Essential to DSNY operations are our 59 garages across the five boroughs. This structure enables the Department’s uniformed personnel to efficiently perform regular duties – and quickly execute emergency response.

Locations where NYC residents can drop off their food scraps to be composted. For more information, visit https://www.nyc.gov/site/dsny/collection/residents/food-scrap-drop-off.page.

This dataset is based on a legacy system that is no longer maintained by the NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY). It contains the following information about inspections of permitted, privately operated, municipal solid waste disposal locations: inspection ID number, inspection date, the number of violations, and number of warnings.

Some current information about Transfer Station Complaints can be found in the 311 Service Requests dataset (https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Social-Services/311-Service-Requests-from-2010-to-Present/erm2-nwe9) by filtering the "Complaint Type" field for "Transfer Station Complaint".

Sites listed in the DonateNYC Directory. For more information, see: https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/donate/site/Directory

To reduce needless waste and increase diversion of reusable material from landfills, the NYC Department of Sanitation established donateNYC in 2016. donateNYC helps New Yorkers give goods, find goods, and do good, with tools that make it easy to donate or find used goods.

By donating and reusing goods instead of discarding them, New Yorkers can greatly reduce waste, conserve energy and resources, save money, and help provide jobs and human services for New Yorkers in need. donateNYC is an essential part of NYC’s Zero Waste Goals.

donateNYC also provides vital support for New York City’s reuse community, helping nonprofit organizations and local reuse businesses increase and promote their reuse efforts.

Locations of public recycling bins throughout NYC. For information on what to recycle in NYC, see: https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dsny/site/services/recycling.

Locations where NYC residents can drop off their leaves to be composted. These are seasonal and temporary drop-off options; residents should not drop off leaves at these locations outside of the specific dates listed.

The NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY) has conducted four waste characterization studies to date: 2005, 2013, 2017, and 2023. For each study, a representative sample of waste is sorted into distinct material categories and aggregated into statistically significant data on the composition of the City's discards. This dataset contains the change in the composition of the City's waste streams across all four studies.

Locations where NYC residents can drop off their pharmaceuticals and syringes for safe disposal. For more information, see: https://www.nyc.gov/site/dsny/collection/get-rid-of/pharmaceutical-sharps-drop-off.page.
Carefully place household sharps in leak-proof and puncture-resistant container labeled "Home Sharps - not for recycling". Bring to a collection center or drop-off site or discard as trash. ALL New York State hospitals and nursing homes are required by law to act as collection centers for used household sharps, including syringes and lancets, with no identification required.

The NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY) conducted the 2023 Waste Characterization Study in the Fall of 2022 and Spring of 2023. The 2023 Study determined the waste composition of several major sources from which DSNY collects: residential households, New York City Public Schools, the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), and on-street litter baskets. Waste from these generators was categorized into 96 main material categories. In addition to the 96 sort categories, certain material groups were further subsorted into 826 subsort categories which are provided in this dataset by residential strata and time period. Because not all the main material categories were subsorted, there are two separate datasets — one for the main sort results and one for the subsort results. Results for both datasets are presented in absolute terms as the quantity by weight of each material type, per stream. The quantity of each material is calculated by applying the percent composition to the total quantity of specified DSNY collections.

The NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY) conducted the 2023 Waste Characterization Study in the Fall of 2022 and Spring of 2023. The 2023 Study determined the waste composition of several major sources from which DSNY collects: residential households, New York City Public Schools, the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), and on-street litter baskets. Waste from these generators was categorized into 96 main material categories, which are provided in this dataset by residential strata and time period. Results are presented in absolute terms as the quantity by weight of each material type, per stream. The quantity of each material is calculated by applying the percent composition to the total quantity of specified DSNY collections.

The NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY) has conducted four waste characterization studies to date: 2005, 2013, 2017, and 2023. This dataset contains the main categories used in all four studies as well as the comparative categories used to consolidate material types over time.

Locations where NYC residents can drop off their pharmaceuticals and syringes for safe disposal. For more information , see: https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dsny/site/services/harmful-products/pharmaceutical-drop-off

A listing of the facilities used by year to handle NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY) collected waste (refuse/trash). It includes information on owner, type, tonnage, price per ton, and total loads.

Locations and types of refuse litter baskets tracked by DSNY. This data is collected through periodic surveys by DSNY field personnel. Each record represents the approximate location, ownership, and physical type of a single refuse litter basket. Litter basket locations are subject to frequent change, for reasons that include but are not limited to: litter basket damage, nearby construction, graffiti, or regular illegal use of basket for household or commercial waste. There is often a lag time between a change in basket type or location and the reflection of that change in this dataset. This dataset includes information on BID-owned and Privately-owned litter baskets. Non-profit and private entities wishing to place a litter basket on a public street must receive permission from the Department of Sanitation. Location data for these baskets may be less accurate than for baskets that are owned by DSNY. This dataset does not track public litter baskets placed by other City, State, or Federal agencies, notably the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation. Recycling baskets are also not tracked in this dataset.

For each Community District, its Recycling Diversion rate (percentage of total municipal solid waste collected by the Department of Sanitation that is disposed of by recycling) and Capture Rate (percentage of total Paper or Metal/Glass/Plastic in the waste stream that is disposed of by recycling). For more information about DSNY's recycling programs, see: https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dsny/site/services/recycling. Capture rate is the amount of materials set out for residential recycling collection as a percentage of designated recyclable materials in both recycling and refuse streams. This ratio measures how much of the targeted materials are actually being recycled, which is a measure of how successfully such materials are recycled. Please note that since 2013, DSNY no longer uses capture rate information. For information on what is in NYC's waste, see: http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dsny/site/resources/reports/waste-characterization.

A listing of the disposal sites used by each facility that receives NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY) collected waste. It includes information on the tonnages delivered and the transportation methods used to carry DSNY waste from the facilities to disposal sites (as applicable).

Business improvement district (BID) program/service output and expense data from FY16

Business improvement district (BID) program/service output and expense data from FY18.

The location of the disposal facilities where DSNY collected waste (refuse/trash) is taken and the disposal sites, where applicable, this waste is subsequently transported for final disposal.

Business improvement district (BID) program/service output and expense data from FY19.

Business improvement district (BID) program/service output and expense data from FY20

Business improvement district (BID) program/service output and expense data from FY17

Location of DSNY Special Waste Drop-Off Sites. For hours of operation, what to bring, and rules and procedures, please see: https://www.nyc.gov/site/dsny/what-we-do/programs/special-waste-drop-off.page.