Tag: department of sanitation

A study showed that residents on the Upper West Side put 13.5% of their organic waste into compost bins last spring.

“Getting garbage bags off the sidewalks is really terrific,” says the president of Lincoln Square BID.

Maybe rodent complaints declined because “bags that once served as an all-you-can-eat buffet for rats are disappearing."

Containerization is an attempt to get trash bags off the sidewalks and streets and into rat-proof bins.

The city's newest rat-fighting measure: hard-sided trash bins with secure lids.

Jessica Tisch heard a basketful of concerns from Upper West Side residents Wednesday night at a virtual community forum.

Ask Anthony Bianco if he’s proud of his profession and you’ll see a smile no mask can hide. 

The top sanitation concern on the Upper West Side is that of the rodent population

Department of Sanitation workers, officers from the NYPD 20th Precinct, and social workers from the Department of Social Services were at work Monday afternoon

As someone who walks her dog several times a day along West End Avenue near West 104th Street, tipster Melissa G. says she’s “very trash-can conscious.”

Pooper-trators look out! An undercover Sanitation Department agent may be watching you. In order to fine someone for not