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The People's Money (2023-2024)
Decide how to spend part of the city budget!
Advanced disposal bins
Not eligible
- In which borough should your idea take place?
- Manhattan
- Do you have a specific neighborhood(s) in mind?
- Tribeca
- Which audience(s) does your idea help? Select as many as apply.
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YouthParentsLimited English proficient individualsVeteransLow income individualsBlack, Indigenous, and POCOlder adultsUnemployed individualsLGBTQ+ communityImmigrants and/or migrantsPublic housing residentsPeople with disabilities
- Describe the challenge you want to address:
- The difficulty with properly disposing of electronics, batteries, spent medicines
- Describe your idea and approach to address the challenge:
- Similar to the compost bins which have been installed, a metal bin with a slim profile and tall channels (I have pictures of ones in use in Italy), to be installed in each neighborhood, to collect, separately, mobile phones, batteries, unused pills and other pharmaceutical items.
- Write the zipcode that best represents your New York City community:
- 10013
This proposal is not eligible because:
The People's Money cannot be used for this idea because it is a capital project requiring the installation of a physical public improvement. We encourage you to revisit the criteria for The People's Money Program and submit an idea that may be eligible for expense funding, this could include an Advocacy or Community Organizing initiative around this idea.
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