Learn about DSNY’s “Trash Revolution" from a 25-year veteran: Chief of Cleaning Operations Jeff Pitts.

We are thrilled to present one of our favorite Waste Pioneers, Dr. Robin Nagle. Robin is a lifelong DSNY supporter, a former Sanitation Worker, an NYU Professor and a treasured Board member of the Sanitation Foundation - a true pioneer in the field of waste management.

Lisa has helped her entire high-rise apartment building in Brooklyn successfully adopt composting! Learn more about her journey and gain tips about how to get your building to divert food waste from landfill.

Meet Vishal Kumar, CEO of Waste Warriors

Vishal is the passionate, driving force behind Waste Warriors, a non-profit startup in India, whose goal is to reduce plastic pollution in the Indian Himalayas. We met up with him here in NYC while he was helping to clean up Times Square during The Great Broadway Sweep.

We’ve begun cleaning services in our two pilot locations in central Brooklyn and are already seeing a remarkable change in the appearance of these busy commercial areas.

Along with clearing the streets of litter, we will also be celebrating one of the borough's most famous inventions: hip hop.

Our tool grants and starter kits are helping community groups organize their own litter cleanups.

Are you looking for a New Year’s Resolution or an inspiring way to start 2023? We are delighted to announce the return of Zero Waste Academy (ZWA)!

A brief history of the Citizens Committee to Keep New York City Clean, Inc. from 1955-1970. The Committee served as a non-profit community engagement agency which encouraged New Yorkers to not only properly dispose of their litter, but also to actively participate in cleaning up their neighborhoods.

An enlightening conversation with Sanitation Workers Dzara Melcone and Justin Portelli, founding members of Pride at DSNY. Read on to learn more about their experience as LGTBQIA+ individuals in the Sanitation workforce.

Congrats to the classrooms who won the Follow Your Waste Prize!

Meet Mahdiyyah Muhammad and Terell McCollum, the winning Designer & Stylist of ReFashion Week 2022

We are delighted to announce the return of the Zero Waste Academy, our free educational series about waste management – an increasingly relevant topic in the sustainability conversation

It’s time for Spring Cleaning, and we encourage everyone to clean out in a responsible, waste-conscious way—prioritizing reuse especially. Check out how the Buy Nothing Project makes doing so easy!

In celebration of Black History Monday, we caught up with Janie Nesbitt, the Manhattan Borough Vice President of the DSNY African American Benevolent Society, about the important work of her organization.

Meet Emilisa Robles, the recipient of this year’s DSNY Art Show Sustainability Prize, awarded by Mack Trucks

By offering conscious home care products that are beautifully designed, functionally innovative, and responsibly produced, Full Circle Home is dedicated to helping customers curate and enjoy a beautiful, more eco-friendly home.

As our DSNY Art Show ceremoniously unveils this November, we thought it the perfect time to highlight our Department’s active, and historic, participation in the artistic spirit of New York City.

Learn more about the work of our partner, Rethink Food and their mission to create a more sustainable and equitable food system.

Sharp objects, toxic substances, and combustible aerosol cans. These are but some of the many dangerous items that end up in the trash every day and that pose serious risks to our hardworking Sanitation Workers.