New York City's
Apartment Building Recycling Initiative (ABRI)

• Do you live in, work in, or manage an apartment building? 
• Would you like to see recycling improved in your building? 
• Do you want to help tenants and staff learn more about waste prevention, reuse, and recycling?
• Are you interested in making NYC cleaner and greener?

Participate in the NYC Apartment Building Recycling Initiative (ABRI)!

If you satisfy program requirements and gain your building management's permission, you'll work with the Department of Sanitation to educate tenants in your building about the three R's: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.

Once you sign up with NYC ABRI, here's what will happen:

1. You'll be invited to attend a training session where you'll receive info about how to improve apartment building recycling. 

Note: Training sessions are held at the offices of the DSNY Bureau of Waste Prevention, Reuse and Recycling in downtown Manhattan. Upcoming trainings:

• Thursday, November 12, 4 to 6pm
• Tuesday, December 8, 6 to 8pm
• Thursday, January 14, 12 to 2pm
• Wednesday, February 10, 10am to 12pm
• Tuesday, March 16, 4 to 6pm

We can do specially scheduled off-site trainings for at least ten participants. Each participant would need to complete the registration form below. If you are interested in organizing such a training, please indicate this on the sign-up form below.

2.   Sanitation Outreach Coordinators will visit your building to see how recycling is set up.

3. We'll provide your building (free of charge) with recycling decals, posters, checklists, and other materials to encourage all residents to recycle more.

4. After you have attended the training, you'll receive personalized suggestions to improve your building's recycling set up. Throughout your participation, you'll have access to Sanitation recycling experts, whom you can contact for recycling pointers and support. 

5. Throughout your participation, you'll have access to Sanitation recycling experts, whom you can contact for recycling pointers and support. 

NYC ABRI participants must:

• be at least 18 years of age
• live in, work in, or manage a residential buildings with four or more units that currently receives DSNY collection 
• be willing to work cooperatively with building management to enhance recycling within the building, with building management's signed consent
• take part in at least one ABRI training session. 

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HERE'S HOW TO SIGN UP:

Print this page and fully complete the participant and building management sections below and fax or mail it to: 

NYC Department of Sanitation
Bureau of Waste Prevention, Reuse, and Recycling
44 Beaver Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY  10004
Fax: (212) 514-7812

Upon receipt of your registration form, we will contact you to confirm your enrollment and to let you know when the next training session will be held.  

If you have questions about the program, contact NYCWasteLe$$.

Participant Info (Please print clearly) 

Please check one:   [ ] resident    [ ] building staff     [ ] management company employee          

Name:  _____________________________________________________________

Street Address:  _______________________________ Apartment #: __________

City: _____________________________________  Zip Code: ________________      

Daytime Phone:  _____________________________________________________

Email: _____________________________________________________________        

I acknowledge that I have read, and that I accept, all rules and guidelines of the Department of Sanitation's NYC Apartment Building Recycling Initiative (NYC ABRI). I understand that cooperation with building rules and policies and respecting the rights and privacy of other residents are a required condition for my activities as an NYC ABRI participant within the building. I understand my activities are limited to areas in and around the building normally available to all residents. I further understand that building management or I may cease participation in the program at any time with written or faxed notice to DSNY at the above address / fax number.

Participant
Signature: _____________________________________  Date: _________________

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Building Info (Please print clearly)

Building or Complex
Name (if applicable): ___________________________________________________

Street Address: ________________________________________________________

# of Units in Building: ________ City: _________________ Zip Code: ___________

Building Management Info  (Please print clearly) 
        
Building Management
Company: ____________________________________________________________ 

Building Management 
Street Address: ________________________________________________________

City: _____________________________________  Zip Code: __________________

Building Manager
Name: ________________________________________________________________  

Manager
Daytime Phone: ________________________________________________________ 

Manager
Email: __________________________________________________________           
            
I acknowledge that I have read, and that I accept, all rules and guidelines of the Department of Sanitation's NYC Apartment Building Recycling Initiative (NYC ABRI). I understand that the NYC ABRI participant will work with building staff and residents within the building to improve the amount and quality of recyclable materials the building sets out for collection. I attest that the activities of the NYC ABRI participant are covered by the building's general liability insurance coverage for residents. I understand that either the NYC ABRI participant, I, or any building management staff may cease participation in the program at any time with written or faxed notice to DSNY at the above address.   

Building Manager
Signature: _____________________________________  Date: _________________

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Off-Site Training Request (Please print clearly)

We can conduct specially scheduled off-site trainings for at least ten registered participants. If you would like to request a training at your site, please complete the info below.

Date & Time for
Proposed Training: ______________________________________________________

Number of Proposed
Training Participants: ____________________________________________________

Name of Proposed
Training Location: _______________________________________________________ 

Street Address: ________________________________________________________

City: _____________________________________  Zip Code: __________________

Training Organizer
Name: ________________________________________________________________  

Training Organizer
Title: _________________________________________________________________ 

Training Organizer
Daytime Phone: ________________________________________________________ 

Training Organizer
Email: ________________________________________________________________

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