We demand that Jessica Tisch, Sanitation Commissioner meets with our group of leaders in a NON-ZOOM, in-person fashion.
We demand that City Council move the take-out time back to 4 PM - or 6 PM, without containers because our buildings do not have room to store 50 to 100 to 150 containers per building!
- Supers should not be responsible for fines rendered to their buildings, for composting or recycling or anything that a resident themselves is responsible for.
- No fines should be taken out of the salaries of any Building Superintendent or Porter working in a building - as is the case with many of our members.
- City of New York must create legislation preventing Building Superintendents and Porters for getting their wages garnished after their building receives a fine from The Department of Sanitation [DSNY].
- Members agreed that the City of New York should have 7-day a week, regular trash pickup days, like they do in Paris, NOT 3-day a week pickups for regular trash.
- Members agreed that recycling glass, plastic, paper and compost, should be picked up 3 days a week, and not 1-day a week for recycling and rotting bags of compost.
- Member suggest a program that would invite DSNY to enter our buildings, upon invitation only, to fine a resident or tenant, individually, instead of fining the building’s Owner, Super, or Porter. This would help displine residents who repeatedly disregard building regulations and city ordinances.
- Members agreed that a program like in Amsterdam (The Netherlands) where there are no garbage day pickups, for buildings or for residents, should be considered the best solution for New York City’s trash problem.
Amsterdam uses underground bins which are sprinkled throughout each neighborhood for their recycling and regular trash programs. These bins get picked up a couple of times each week. They use a garbage truck with a small crane on top of it, to pull these bins out of the ground and into their trucks.
HOW AMSTERDAM DISPOSES OF ITS TRASH
Amsterdam uses underground bins which are sprinkled throughout each neighborhood for their recycling and regular trash programs. These bins get picked up a couple of times each week. They use a garbage truck with a small crane on top of it, to pull these bins out of the ground and into their trucks.
Each person would walk to the nearest locations, dump their regular trash into one container and their recycling and compost into the others, then walk away.
It's as simple as that!
This would also cut back on traffic jams caused by Sanitation trucks when clearing an entire block of garbage bags and trashcans.
For larger items, like bed frames, mattresses, or armoires, Amsterdam has a separate truck with a crane attached, that picks up these items in one lift.
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