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Trash talk in Dyker stirs angst
BY DYLAN CAMPBELL
EDITORIAL@BROOKLYNREPORTER.COM
On Tuesday, June 13, a visit
from Sanitation Department’s
Community Affairs
representatives to the Dyker Heights
Civic Association meeting brought up
upsets around the growing organics
program, pick up dates, trash around
the community and, overall, a lack of
awareness.
“Why do you do Monday recycling?
You can’t do that to us,” said Fran Battaglia,
citing the frequency of Monday
holidays when no trash is collected. “I
counted. We have between eight and
10, if you don’t throw in all the other
stuff you throw in for the religious
stuff, and then we don’t have pickups
for two weeks.”
Others in the room concurred.
“If there’s a holiday, they don’t pick
up garbage. If you put out the garbage
they skip until the next cycle. If there’s
recycling, two weeks, you gotta wait
two weeks. If there’s snow, you gotta
wait a month before the recycling,
“said one resident. “If they drop something,
if it breaks, they leave it there.”
According to the DSNY representatives,
because of the number of
complaints, starting this year trash
and recycling will be picked up on
Monday holidays after 4 p.m.
“Why don't we know this?” demanded
Battaglia with nods of murmurs of
agreement from the other residents.
“You don’t notify us in advance.”
Fran Vella-Marrone, president
of Dyker Heights Civic Association,
recommended a mailing list.
Residents also expressed anger
about the expansion of DSNY’s
organics composting program.
“Now you have the food component
in the house before you take it out. The
paper, the glass, the metal and now
this recycling. Where am I going to
put that?” asked one resident.
Other residents agreed and brought
up the cost of biodegradable bags and
potential summonses.
DSNY representatives said that, for
at least the next year, the program is
voluntary and residents do not have
to participate, stressing that special
bags do not need to purchased and
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that no one will get summonses for the
compost because it is voluntary.
Another resident was upset about
the newly implemented split trucks
to pick up for the organics program.
The split trucks doesn’t allow for the
pickup of larger items, according to
the residents, who say this has left
many of their blocks littered with
mattresses and furniture for days.
In addition, two residents contended
that a lack of trash cans leaves
streets littered outside businesses
and churches. They said they knew
of friends and local businesses being
ticketed while in other areas, including
outside the local golf course and
parks, trash is strewn around.
The DSNY representatives said the
department will continue to use the
split trucks to support the organics
program. But large trash can be
put out on the second Monday pick
up. Trash cans can be requested on
DSNY’s website and violations can be
reported to 311.
The DSNY reps encouraged all residents
to direct future questions and
complaints to 311 or to their office.
BROOKLYN MEDIA GROUP/Photo by Dylan Campbell
Dyker Civic President Fran Vella-Marrone with representatives
of DSNY.
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