NYC Agency and Institution Materials Request Form

Every building in New York City is required by law to recycle. This includes all City, State, and Federal government agencies, and all institutions (universities, museums, libraries, cultural centers, sanctuaries, nursing homes and other residential facilities, day care centers, etc.).

Each agency and institution must allot adequate resources to ensure compliance with the City's recycling regulations. Management, maintenance staff, employees, residents, visitors, and students all have responsibilities to make sure that materials designated for recycling are kept separate from garbage and properly placed for collection.

What to recycle:

• Agencies collected by the NYC Department of Sanitation are required to recycle the same items as residents. Use the Agency Request Form below to order educational materials; use the site visit request form if you would like our outreach staff to visit your location.

(Schools: please use the School Request Form.)

• Agencies and sites that are located in a leased commercial space follow commercial recycling regulations.

Check with your facilities manager or custodian to find out how your building recycles.

Where to buy recycling and trash bins:
recycling containers with NYC lids
other container suppliers

For agencies and institutions that receive DSNY collection: these materials are tailored specifically to recycling in New York City and are available free of charge from the DSNY Bureau of Waste Prevention, Reuse & Recycling.

For schools: please use the School Request Form.  

Other cities: Please understand our recycling program is supported through local taxpayer dollars; we do not have sufficient funding to provide materials for other municipalities. Do not use downloaded materials in other locales without careful adaptation.

NOTE: You’ll need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to display and print PDF (Portable Document Format) documents.

Fill out and submit the request form below (or print and FAX to 212-514-7812). Please allow four weeks for delivery.

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