DSNY to formalize earlier Friday night garbage set-out time option in NYC

"The DSNY issued a Dec. 4 proposal to amend its rule governing the time for placing trash and recyclables at the curb for collection. The amendment would allow residents who receive collection on Saturdays to put their trash out in a container an hour before sunset the night before. A neighborhood's local community board would have to opt into the schedule; it is not an option for individual homeowners."

"DSNY recognizes that every community has different needs, a city notice about the proposal stated. DSNY is proposing to allow individual Community Boards, upon written notification to DSNY, to opt into an alternate schedule that would permit residences in their districts that receive collection service on Saturdays to place materials for collection at the curb no earlier than one hour before sunset on Fridays, provided that such materials are placed out in receptacles with a tight-fitting lid."

The New York City Department of Sanitation proposes amending curbside set-out rules to allow Saturday-collection residences to place materials one hour before Friday sunset. Individual community boards must opt into the alternate schedule by written notification to DSNY; the option would apply citywide across all 59 boards. Materials must be placed in receptacles with tight-fitting lids. The amendment would codify DSNY's existing discretion to allow earlier set-outs for religious observances during fall and winter. DSNY issued the proposal on Dec. 4 and said the change responds to recent feedback about set-out times. A virtual public hearing is scheduled for Jan. 7.

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