City Island Civic Association

If you do not find the information you seek in the following paragraphs, call 311 or visit the Department of Sanitation Web site at www.nyc.gov/sanitation.

Garbage is collected twice weekly on City Island, on Mondays and Thursdays. Do not set out garbage until after 5 p.m. on Sunday and Wednesday.

Except for refrigeration appliances (refrigerators, air conditioners, etc.) containing CFC/Freon gas, you do not need an appointment for collection. Bulky items that are too large for your garbage can be placed beside your regular garbage for collection on any of your regular collection days. Each collection day you can discard up to six pieces of bulk, which includes bags of plaster, broken rock, or dirt (max weight 60 lbs); bundles of wood (no longer than 4 feet, nails removed); or rugs (tied in 5-foot lengths); and any other non-metal items too large for your can.

Metal bulky items should be placed beside your recycling bin on your recycling collection day, which on City Island is Monday.

There are no garbage or recycling collections on City Island on the following holidays:

Set out garbage after 5 p.m. on the holiday so that it can be collected the following day, as the collection time may be earlier than normal. Set out recyclables for collection on Monday of the week following the holiday. During snow emergencies, residents may experience disruption in service.

Recycle metal in clear bags or in blue-labeled recycling containers. Place bulk metal next to recycling bins or bags. Empty cans, bottles, jars, and rinse them out.

• Metal cans (including empty aerosol cans, dried-out paint cans with no lids)
• Aluminum foil wrap and trays
• Bulk metal (furniture, cabinets, appliances, except those with CFC gas; call 311)
• Glass bottles and jars
• Plastic bottles and jugs
• Beverage cartons and drink boxes

Recycle paper in clear bags or green-labeled recycling containers. Flatten and bundle large pieces of corrugated cardboard and tie them with twice or place loose in your container.

• White, colored and glossy paper (staples are okay; no spiral bindings)
• Mail and envelopes
• Wrapping paper (no tape or ribbon)
• Smooth cardboard (food boxes, shoe boxes, paper towel tubes, etc.)
• Paper bags
• Paper egg cartons and trays
• Newspapers, magazines, catalogues
• Phone books, softcover books, comic books
• Corrugated cardboard (flattened boxes)

Do not recycle:

• Hardcover books
• Napkins, paper towels, tissues
• Soiled paper cups or plates
• Heavily soiled paper
• Paper with a lot of glue and tape
• Plastic or wax-coated paper (candy wrappers, takeout containers)
• Any plastic items other than jugs and bottles
• Styrofoam (cups, egg cartons, etc.)

Do not put into the garbage at all:

• Household batteries
• Rechargeable batteries
• Automobile oils
• Flourescent light bulbs (including the new energy savers)
• Mercury-filled thermostats, thermometers
• Paint
• Rubber tires

The Department of Sanitation operates a Self-Help Special Waste Drop-off Site in the Bronx at Hunts Point, which is open on the following days: in 2009 :

• January 3, 10, 17, 24. 30
• February 7, 14, 21, 27
• March 7, 14, 21, 27
• April 4, 11, 18, 24
• May 2, 9, 16, 23, 29
• June 6, 13, 20, 26
• July 11, 18, 25 31
• August 8, 15, 22, 28
• September 5, 12, 19, 25
• October 3, 10, 17, 24, 30
• November 7, 14, 21, 27
• December 5, 12, 18

Items Accepted at the Special Waste Drop-Off Site:

• Automotive batteries*
• Household batteries*
• Motor oil (up to 10 quarts per visit)*
• Motor oil filters (up to 2 filters per visit)
• Transmission fluid (up to 5 quarts per visit)*
• Fluorescent tubes and bulbs (tubes up to 4 feet in length)
• Latex paint (up to 5 gallons per visit)
• Mercury thermometers and thermostats (up to 2 per visit)
• Passenger car tires (up to 4 per visit)*

* Residents also can return used auto batteries, motor oil, transmission fluid, car tires, and rechargeable batteries to retailers that sell them.

You can dispose of paint and paint cans as follows:

Full unopened cans may be:

1. Returned to point of purchase, or
2. For latex based paint only, taken to any Special Waste Drop-Off Site.

For partially full cans:

1. Open can, let paint dry out and place in regular trash, or
2. Pour paint into a non-recyclable container, and place in trash; put empty metal paint can in recycling bin, or
3. Pour paint into absorbent material (e.g. kitty litter, sand, rags, newspaper) then place material in trash; and place empty metal paint can in recycling bin.

See paint for waste prevention tips and where to donate paint.