You can report that the collection days listed in the Department of Sanitation's collection schedule lookup for your address are incorrect.

The Department of Sanitation (DSNY) temporarily suspended the curbside organics composting service on Monday, May 4th, 2020. Organics collections are expected to resume in July 2021.

The City suspended organics service to divert resources to emergency COVID-19 response efforts. Additionally, this crisis and the resulting decrease in economic activity have forced the City to make significant budget cuts to maintain emergency services and core municipal services.

While the service is suspended, you can put your food scraps, food-soiled paper, and yard waste in the trash following normal Residential Trash Rules or you can compost at home. Do not put items out in your brown organics bin.

Keep your organics bin in storage for when service resumes. DSNY will not take back or replace brown bins.

In general, there is no trash or recycling collection on sanitation holidays but that is subject to change. You can check back near the date of the holiday to confirm the collection schedule.

If a holiday occurs on your trash collection day, put your items out after 4 PM that day for collection beginning the next day.

If a holiday occurs on your recycling collection day, put your items out after 4 PM the day before your next scheduled recycling collection day.

2020 Sanitation Holidays

As part of the Mayor's neighborhood rat reduction initiative, Sanitation has increased residential collections in parts of Manhattan and the Bronx from three days per week to four days per week.

The added service will ensure that no building in the specified areas will have to store their waste for more than one day, eliminating potential rodent food sources in overflowing trash storage areas.

Recycling collection days have not changed as a result of this initiative.

Affected Districts

• Manhattan: District 3
• Bronx: Districts 4, 5, 6, and 7

For information on school schedules, school officials must contact the DOE Division of School Facilities in Long Island City.

Contact information for School Facilities is available through the school.