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Advocates and DSNY press the case: commercial waste zones, EPR and rising export costs
Summary
DSNY provided details on long‑term waste export spending (budgeted about $594.8 million) while advocates urged funding for diversion and Extended Producer Responsibility; council members and DSNY discussed potential operational efficiencies and limits on contract renegotiation.
Deputy Commissioner Joseph Antonelli told the City Council the department expects to spend roughly $594.8 million on waste export in the current plan year and that export costs are driven by two main factors: tonnage collected and CPI‑indexed increases in long‑term contracts.
Antonelli said the department uses long‑term contracts in order to avoid market volatility and that there are limited opportunities to renegotiate major terms in the near term. DSNY officials said they…
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