Noise from Garbage Truck

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Department of Sanitation Worker or Vehicle Complaint to report noisy DSNY collection workers

You can report excessively noisy garbage trucks.

The City's response depends on if the vehicle is a Department of Sanitation (DSNY) truck or a private carter truck.

You can identify a truck’s owner by its color. While all DSNY garbage trucks are white, garbage trucks of any other color are private carters.

You can report noise from a Department of Sanitation (DSNY) garbage truck. DSNY trucks are always white.

What You Need

Contact information is required.

It’s also helpful if your report includes:

What’s causing the noise
The truck number or vehicle plate number
The days and times the truck is noisy

Call 311 to report the problem.

You can report noise from a private garbage truck but not noise from employees.

What You Need

If possible, provide:

A description of the truck
The license plate number
The times the noise occurs

You must provide your contact information for action to be taken on your complaint.

Report a noisy private garbage truck.

Picture or Video Attachments

Picture or video attachments may be used for informational purposes only. A condition must be observed in person by a DEP inspector for a summons or Commissioner's order to be issued.

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