More Than 4,000 NYC Apartment Buildings Have Filed e-cycleNYC Enrollment Requests

More than 4,000 New York City apartment buildings have filed requests for enrollment in the e-cycleNYC e-waste collection program since the New York state ban on disposal of unwanted electronics took effect Jan. 1, the New York City Sanitation Department (DSNY) said in an email Thursday. There are three "service options" for buildings enrolled in e-cycleNYC, depending on the number of apartments in each building, DSNY said. The program will do storage room "cleanouts" for buildings of 10 or more units and will provide locked storage bins for buildings of 50 or more units, it said. E-cycleNYC will work with the largest buildings, those with 250 units or more, to schedule outdoor electronics recycling events for building residents, DSNY said. DSNY estimates e-cycleNYC collected 280,000 pounds of electronics in 2014.