Is there a public dump/landfill around here?
hi, looking to dump my reno trash by myself, since its getting so expensive with carters. is there anywhere i can go to dump legally? i tried looking on the web, but could not find anything thanks!
hi,
looking to dump my reno trash by myself, since its getting so expensive with carters.
is there anywhere i can go to dump legally?
i tried looking on the web, but could not find anything
thanks!
“some beetle”
That beetle, the Asian Longhorn beetle, is important, if you don’t want all the hardwood trees on the East Coast to die. It kill’s ’em, but has so far been quarantined to a number of areas in the City. I think a few thousand affected trees in the city have had to be cut and burned. So don’t sneak your substantial wood prunings into the trash, have them come and inspect them and take them away.
David
they won’t take raw wood (like yard stuff) b/c of some beetle, so you need to set up an appt. w/ the parks dept for them to look at it. however, the parks dept won’t take bagged yard refuse, nor will sanitation, unless you double-bag and disguise it.
we just moved here, and have discovered the anticipation of seeing what the trash guys pick up (and the let down when we see what they’ve left) as well as the unmitigated joy of seeing everything gone every so often are our most exciting activities as of yet. Scary.
if you are out there and load the truck yourself, you can get away with a lot.
tip: (ok, maybe not so pc but it works)
have a girl who can lift with you & they might even help. in my experience (ups, sanitation, sidewalk deliveries) guys who take pride in physical prowess don’t like it when us gals make it seem too easy, all of a sudden they are on the job getting it done twice as fast.
(sorry if i’ve stepped on any toes)
-ms. crown heights reno
Here in Clinton Hill I’ve found that garbage collection is the most arbitrary, inscrutable and lawless of all public services.
Here’s an example: I had 3 bundles of wood scrap. Longest piece was about 4 feet by 6 inches wide and 1 inch thick. No nails, no sharp splintery edges. Maybe about 15 lbs MAX and bundled together with duct tape. They were refused and left on my curb while the next door neighbor had a wooden 8 foot ladder and a 4 drawer dresser taken. I asked him and he confirmed that sanitation had indeed taken them.
When I called 311 they explained that I needed to arrange for a ‘wood pickup’ with sanitation. But it was Friday morning, I countered, and they picked up countless things made of wood. He couldn’t explain why scrap wood was different, just that it was.
The moral of the story is this: if you’re trying to unload scrap wood best to fashion it into some rudimentary furnishing like a chair or picture frame or ladder. do NOT under any circumstances thoughtfully bundle it.
It’s a crap shoot- it seems that some days ( or some guys) they’re just not in the mood.
“small-ish, ‘personally-produced'” is indeed the rule, although the last time I put out construction debris, I had to convince the guys on the truck that it was not contractor waste. I wouldn’t go as high as 40-50 pounds. I also found that the guys appreciate it if you help to load the truck. Once, I even gave them a couple of bucks and sent them out for coffee while I loaded box after box of construction waste. Another time, a cold six-pack was appreciated. I preferred it when you could go to the dump (51st Street and the bay, or thereabouts) but can understand how impossible it must have been for the Department of Sanitation to determine what was commercial waste and what wasn’t.
It also helps to “tip” your sanitation workers. We had our renovation refuse carted away through our contractor, but after the move and finishing touches there is invariably still more to toss….we often put out the max number of garbage bags and would have some left behind….until my husband ‘dropped’ a few $20s on the ground in front of our garbage men, which our sanitation professionals then “found.” Illegal? Surely. The way it really works? Definitely.
Commercially-produced garbage cannot go into NYC Sanitation. However, if it is a small-ish, “personally-produced” amount, it can. Sack it up securely, no more than 40-50 pounds each, put out no more than 6 at a time. Do that three times a week on your normal garbage pick-up days, and problem solved.
I went through the same search and came up empty as well. Perhaps the carting business of the whole city is controlled by the mob … or a cartel of russians, when they aren’t botching a move then bullying the homeowner for a large tip.