Dive Brief:
- The New York Department of Sanitation (DSNY) and the Lincoln Square Business Improvement District (BID) have worked to expand a new recycling bin program in public areas on the Upper West Side.
- The goal is to make New York City's Upper West Side one of the cleanest neighborhoods in the city.
- 22 recycling cans were placed throughout Lincoln Square. The city plans on expanding the program to more locations.
Dive Insight:
Last spring, Central Park received 700 new trash bins, which doubled the amount of receptacles it previously had. Solar-powered recycling bins were placed in Lower Manhattan last summer in an effort to help former Mayor Bloomberg attain his goal of doubling the city's recycling rate. In an unusual twist, in January, New York City's MTA removed trash bins from 29 stations to reduce waste piling up in the area.
