Rollout Schedule

Under Commercial Waste Zones (CWZ), anyone who currently has their waste collected by a private carter must sign a new written service agreement (contract), with one of the carters authorized in their zone. The new contract must have a start date that is on or after your zone's implementation start date.

Implementation of the Commercial Waste Zones program begins in Queens Central in the Fall of 2024. Queens Central includes the following neighborhoods:

• Corona
• Elmhurst
• East Elmhurst
• Forest Hills
• Glendale
• Jackson Heights
• Maspeth
• Middle Village
• Rego Park
• Ridgewood

Businesses in the Queens Central zone must sign a new contract with a zone-authorized carter between September 3, 2024 and January 2, 2025. Subsequent zones will be announced as new rules are released. Please check back here periodically for updates.

IMPORTANT: New maximum rates for individual zones are only effective after each zone begins to rollout and as businesses sign new written contracts. Businesses may not sign a new CWZ contract until their specific zone begins to rollout.

At the end of each zone’s scheduled rollout, anyone that has not signed a new contract will be assigned a zone-authorized carter by DSNY.