{"id":351440,"date":"2026-09-20T01:43:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T01:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/351440\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T01:43:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T01:43:01","slug":"join-nycs-safe-disposal-events-this-fall-dates-locations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/351440\/","title":{"rendered":"Join NYC&#8217;s SAFE Disposal Events This Fall: Dates &#038; Locations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Fall SAFE Disposal Events Start Soon; First Event is Sunday, September 20 in Manhattan<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the New York City Department of Sanitation provides robust and inclusive collection services for curbside recycling, not everything can safely be disposed of in the trash or recycling bin. It\u2019s imperative that residents get rid of their unwanted items correctly, for the safety and well-being of the Sanitation Workers who handle the material, as well as the health of the city overall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To give residents an easy way to dispose of potentially harmful household items such as pesticides, strong cleaners, mercury-containing devices, paints, automotive fluids, medications and e-waste, residents may attend a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/site\/dsny\/what-we-do\/programs\/safe-disposal-events.page\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SAFE (Solvents, Automotive, Flammables, and Electronics) Disposal event<\/a>, held in each borough this fall. All events are rain or shine, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and only items from NYC residents will be accepted. The events are<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, September 20, 2026 \u2013 Manhattan<br \/>Union Square Park, North Plaza<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, September 26, 2026 \u2013 Queens<br \/>Cunningham Park<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, October 11, 2026 \u2013 Brooklyn<br \/>Floyd Bennett Field<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, October 17, 2026 \u2013 Staten Island<br \/>Midland Beach Parking Lot 8<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, October 24, 2026 \u2013 Bronx<br \/>Orchard Beach<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Materials collected are either recycled, blended for fuel, or sent to licensed hazardous waste treatment facilities for safe disposal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, the Department hosts five year-round\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/site\/dsny\/what-we-do\/programs\/special-waste-drop-off.page\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Special Waste Drop-Off sites<\/a>\u00a0that accept aerosols, batteries, E-waste, E-cigarettes &amp; vape pens, fluorescent light bulbs &amp; CFLs, motor oil and transmission fluid, motor oil filters, paint, passenger car tires, and mercury-containing devices. These sites are open every Tuesday through Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and are:<\/p>\n<p>Bronx, Hunts Point<br \/>Farragut Street and the East River, next to the Fulton Fish Market<\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn, Greenpoint<br \/>459 North Henry Street (drop-off site near 530 Kingsland Avenue)<\/p>\n<p>Manhattan, Lower East Side\/Two Bridges<br \/>74 Pike Slip between Cherry Street and South Street<\/p>\n<p>Queens, College Point<br \/>30th Avenue, between 120th and 122nd Streets<\/p>\n<p>Staten Island, Fresh Kills<br \/>Off Muldoon Avenue exit of the southbound West Shore Expressway<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These sites and events are not the only options. For more information and disposal options of specific items, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nyc.gov\/safedisposal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">nyc.gov\/safedisposal<\/a>\u00a0or contact 311.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>\tDiscover more from City Life Org<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:15px\">Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fall SAFE Disposal Events Start Soon; First Event is Sunday, September 20 in Manhattan While the New York&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":351441,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-351440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/351441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}