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Program Goals
Rollout Schedule
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Program Goals

Rollout Schedule

How to Comply

Find Your Zone

Calculate Maximum Prices


Commercial Waste Zones

While we collect trash, recycling, and compostable material from residents, businesses are required to hire private carters to collect their waste.

Following significant planning, analysis, and contract development, we are overhauling the City's commercial waste industry mandated under Local Law 199 of 2019 to make our City cleaner and safer.

Commercial Waste Zones will create a new regulatory framework that allows the City to achieve several additional program goals.

We have broken the five boroughs into 20 Commercial Waste Zones and established new no-cost contracts with carters authorized to work in each zone. See the list of awardees by zone.

Businesses must sign a new service agreement with a zone-authorized carter when their zone is rolled out.

Find Your Zone

Use our Maximum Price Calculator to check the estimated maximum monthly rates that each zone-authorized carter may charge within an individual zone based on your selections.

Calculate Maximum Prices

More Information

Read our press release.

See the template agreement used for contracts with awardees.

See the Commercial Waste Zone Program Environmental Review Technical Memorandum.

Find NYC Rules for Commercial Waste Zones.

Safety Task Force

The Commercial Waste Zones Safety Task Force was created by Local Law 199 and meets regularly to make recommendations for the effective implementation of safety measures relating to commercial waste collection. The Safety Task Force is chaired by the Commissioner of Sanitation and includes the Chair of the Business Integrity Commission as well as other appointed industry and policy experts.

Meeting Minutes

October 31, 2024

October 8, 2024

June 25, 2024

October 6, 2022

March 29, 2022

December 1, 2021