DSNY Commercial Waste Zones: New York City Business Waste Collection Districts

DSNY Commercial Waste Zones is a dataset from the New York City Department of Sanitation outlining the regulatory framework for private waste collection from businesses. The data likely contains the boundaries and authorized service providers for the 20 zones established across the five boroughs under Local Law 199 of 2019. It was last updated on March 22, 2026.

Use Cases

• Map commercial waste collection service areas based on the 20 defined zones.
• Analyze the distribution of authorized carters across New York City boroughs.
• Model the potential impact of zoning on vehicle emissions and traffic patterns.
• Support policy compliance and business planning for waste service procurement.

Strengths

• Data is directly from the authoritative City of New York government source.
• The description specifies a concrete regulatory framework (Local Law 199) and a defined structure of 20 zones across five boroughs.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, and RDF.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified as the last update timestamp is in the future (2026-03-22).

Provenance

Source

City of New York, NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY)

Collection Method

Likely produced as part of regulatory planning and implementation for Local Law 199.

Time Range

Implementation period following Local Law 199 of 2019.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 03:49:58.195205

Geography

New York City, specifically the five boroughs.