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New Recycling Sites In Bronx

BROOKLYN — Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Sanitation Commissioner John J. Doherty earlier this week announced that four new heavily trafficked sites have been added to the Department of Sanitation’s (DSNY) successful Public Space Recycling Program.

Sixteen new sets of blue and green recycling receptacles have been placed at the four sites, which were selected based on pedestrian traffic volume, proximity to commercial districts and transportation facilities, and the volume of recyclable materials that were entering the waste stream in litter baskets. “Now New Yorkers who read the paper on the subway or drink a bottle of water while commuting have more places to recycle their paper and plastics,” said Mayor Bloomberg. “Increasing recycling rates is one of the ambitious goals in our Solid Waste Management Plan, and I hope to further expand public space recycling in the future.”

The new public space recycling locations are:

• Bronx — White Plains Road: Brady Avenue to Pelham Parkway;
• Brooklyn — Pennsylvania Avenue: Starrett City;
• Brooklyn — Front Street: Brooklyn Heights; and
• Staten Island — Staten Island Borough Hall: Stuyvesant Place at Hyatt Street.
The existing public space recycling locations are:
• Bronx — Poe Park;
• Brooklyn — Columbus Park;
• Manhattan — Battery Park City;
• Manhattan — Union Square Park;
• Manhattan — Whitehall Street Staten Island Ferry terminal;
• Queens — Main Street commercial district in the Flushing section;
• Queens — Hoffman Park;
• Staten Island — Clove Lake Park; and
• Staten Island — Saint George Staten Island Ferry terminal.

SOURCE: BrooklynEagle.com

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1/10/2008

Bag Recycling Law Passed In New York City

Under a new law, at least 2,000 stores across the city will be required to set up in-store recycling for plastic bags. The legislation, passed yesterday by the City Council, covers stores with at least 5,000 square feet and chain stores with five or more locations.

The affected stores will have to offer cloth or reusable plastic bags to customers, set up recycling drop offs for the disposable plastic bags in each store and print information onto those bags about how to recycle them. The stores must bring the bags to recycling centers themselves; the Sanitation Department is not involved.

Fines for non-compliance range from $300 to $1,500 per day.

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