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

• Do you live in an apartment building? 
• Would you like to see recycling improved in your building? 
• Do you want to help your neighbors make the city cleaner and greener?

Volunteer with 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.

Note: Training sessions are generally held every two months in lower Manhattan from 5:30 to 8:30pm. Upcoming 2008 trainings:

• Thursday, April 17
• Monday, June 16
• Tuesday, August 12
• Thursday October 16
• Wednesday, December 10

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

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3. After our site visit, we'll provide you with personalized suggestions to improve your building's recycling set up and send (free of charge) enough decals, posters, refrigerator magnets, and other materials to help every tenant in your building learn how to recycle to the max! 

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4. Throughout your participation in NYC ABRI, you will have direct access to a Sanitation recycling expert, whom you can contact for recycling pointers and support. In no time, you'll be a recycling expert yourself, ready to teach your friends and neighbors everything they need to know about the 3R's!

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5. You will also receive regular updates with helpful information on program changes or special recycling collection events so you can keep your building well-informed.  

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NYC ABRI volunteers must:

• be at least 18 years of age
• live in residential buildings with four or more units that currently receive 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:

Volunteer Section     (Please print clearly)            

Name:  _______________________________________________________________

Street Address:  _______________________________ Apartment #: ____________

City: ______________  Zip Code: ____________  # of Units in Building: ________     

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 volunteer 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.

Volunteer Signature:  ________________________________________________________  

Date: ___________________________

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Building Management Section     (Please print clearly) 
        
Building Name/
Street Address:  ________________________________________________ 

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 volunteer 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 volunteer are covered by the building's general liability insurance coverage for residents. I understand that either the NYC ABRI volunteer, 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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