Recycling

We offer a variety of recycling services to help businesses reduce their waste and carbon footprint.

waste removal

Multiple size containers and pick-up schedules are available to businesses and institutions of all sizes.

organic recycling

The BIO-EZ food waste disposal system turns food waste to water that can safely be flushed into a sanitary sewer system.

About Us

Metropolitan Recycling is one of New York City’s largest, privately owned, recycling and waste removal companies. Servicing commercial and institutional customers in all five boroughs, and Long Island; our facilities run 24 hours a day, 6 days a week to ensure on-time and convenient waste removal and recycling services to all our customers. We are on the forefront of recycling technologies, and will continue to invest in future advancements to increase landfill diversion and minimize the environmental impact of waste on the communities we serve. Metropolitan Recycling: Striving toward a cleaner tomorrow.

Metropolitan Recycling 2024
Observed Holidays & Pick-up Schedules

Martin Luther King Day
Monday January 20th, 2025 – NO Service Interruptions

Presidents Day
Monday February 17 th 2025 – NO Service Interruptions

Good Friday
Friday April 18 th 2025 – NO Service Interruptions

Easter
Sunday April 20th, 2025 – NO Service Interruptions

Memorial Day
Night Service – NO Service Sunday May 25th 2025 – Service resumes Monday Night May 26th, 2025
Day Service – NO service Monday May 26th 2025 – Service resumes Tuesday May 27th, 2025

Independence Day
Day Service – NO Service Friday 7/4/25 – Services resumes Monday July 7th 2025
Night Service – NO Service Friday Night 7/4/25 – Service resumes Sunday Night July 6th 2025

Labor Day
Night Service – NO service Sunday August 31st 2025
Night Service resumes Monday Night September 1st 2025
Day Service – NO service Monday September 1st 2025 – Service resumes Tuesday September 2nd 2025

Columbus Day
Monday October 13th 2025 – NO service interruptions

Veterans Day
Monday November 11th 2025 – NO service interruptions

Thanksgiving
Normal service Day & Night Wednesday November 27th 2025
NO services Thursday Thanksgiving Day or Thanksgiving Night November 28th 2025
All services resume Friday November 29th 2025

Christmas Eve & Christmas Day
Christmas Eve Day Service – Normal Operations
Christmas Eve Night Service – NO Night Services
Christmas  Day NO Day Services – Service resumes Friday 12/26/25
Christmas Day Night Service resumes Friday Night 12/25/25

New Year’s Eve & New Year’s Day
New Years Eve Day Service Normal Operations
New Years Eve Night Service – NO Night Services
New Years Day NO Day Services – Service resumes Friday 1/2/2026
New Years Day Night Service resumes Thursday 1/1/2026

"As a customer since 2017, Espresso Hospitality, managing The Willian Vale Hotel and Condor Hotel, is proud to work with Metropolitan Paper Recycling. They provide superior service and an unwavering commitment to sustainability. We are thankful for the services they provide The William Vale and the Condor Hotel."
Benzi Herbst
Espresso Hospitality Management, LLC
"Metropolitan's service is outstanding and they have a strong commitment to sustainability. We are grateful for the services they provide Acadia's assets."
Jeremy Hill
Acadia Realty Trust
"Metropolitan provides excellent service and is a huge part of Alpha's waste removal. Alpha's workflow would suffer tremendously should we lose them."
Steven Zaret
Alpha Packaging Industries Inc
"We have been working with the Metropolitan team for more than 20 years and we could not be happier with our relationship" Metropolitan strives to provide excellent service and is prompt to respond when we have a need or concern. This is not an easy job to do, especially with over 22 of our very demanding locations. We look forward to continuing our working relationship with Metropolitan for years to come."
Justin Shon
Food Bazaar
"I’m taking this opportunity to comment on and thank you and Metropolitan and your entire organization for your excellent service to Bloomingdale’s New York Flag Ship Store at 59th Street for the past more than 15 years. Your organization has given us above and beyond service, accommodations and response to our needs while providing extremely competitive costs for your services. Metropolitan has always been there for us with quick response at all hours and offering us new initiatives to improve our operation and cut costs. I want to thank you for the partnership and how much you value our relationship that I am confident we will continue to receive."
Phil Bottcher
Bloomingdale's
"I have known Greg Bianco personally for more than 12 years, and his commitment to bettering our community by investing in technology and systems to reduce the environmental impact is second to none. We are proud to have Greg and Metropolitan in the community and we are proud to have a working relationship with them."
PJ Connolly
Russo's on the Bay
"Not just great service but they are at the forefront of new technology in waste management, providing affordable and environmentally responsible solutions."
Philip A. Penta
3 Guys From Brooklyn
"We have been working with Greg and the Metroplitan team for more than 5 years and we could not be happier with our relationship. Metropolitan provides excellent service, and is prompt to respond when we have any needs."
Gabriel Degan
The Moinian Group

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