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City orders Bronx businesses into commercial waste zones beginning Oct. 1; businesses must select one of three authorized carting companies
Summary
A Department of Sanitation official told Community Board 11 that Bronx businesses in the city’s new commercial waste zone program must sign service agreements by Nov. 30 or be assigned one of three authorized private carting companies; recycling and organics collection will be required and discounted.
Juan Saldana of the New York City Department of Sanitation told the Community Board 11 full board on Oct. 24 that, effective Oct. 1, all businesses in the Bronx commercial waste zone must enroll in the city’s commercial waste zone program and sign a written service agreement with an authorized private carter.
Saldana said businesses have until Nov. 30 to choose a carter; if they do not, the Department will assign one. He said the program reduces the number of carters operating in each zone — “only 3 Carters” in…
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