Sanitation Distirict 1

What Sanitation Distirict 1 does

Sanitary District No. 1 is a municipal government entity — one of five independent sanitary districts within the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York — established on January 22, 1929 by resolution of the Hempstead Town Board. The District provides solid waste collection, curbside recycling, transfer, and disposal services to over 50,000 residents across the Villages of Cedarhurst, Hewlett, Hewlett Bay Park, Hewlett Harbor, Hewlett Neck, Inwood, Lawrence, Woodmere, and Woodsburgh, plus portions of Lynbrook and Green Acres. Core operations are delivered through a direct municipal model: twice-weekly garbage pickup via rear-yard collection routes (Monday/Wednesday/Friday alternating with Tuesday/Thursday), sort-free recycling collection on alternating Wednesdays, and on-call bulk-item removal. All solid waste flows through the District's headquarters and Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) at Two Bay Boulevard, Lawrence, which mechanically and manually separates paper, cardboard, plastics, metals, and wood from the stream, processing approximately 39,000 tons of waste annually. Leaf and yard waste are separately collected and transferred off-site to a private contractor for composting.

The District's revenue model is governmental: operations are funded through property tax assessments levied on residential, commercial, and institutional properties within the statutory service area, functioning as a recurring subscription-like revenue stream tied to the tax base. The District is governed by a five-member Board of Commissioners (Irving J. Kaminetsky, James J. Vilardi, Frank Argento, Gwynette Campbell, Avi Fertig) with George Pappas serving as District Superintendent. After ceasing open-pit incineration in 1970 in response to EPA regulation and the Clean Air Act, the tipping hall was converted into a transfer station, and in 1995 the MRF was constructed on the former incinerator footprint. The District coordinates disposal logistics with the Town of Hempstead through this shared transfer station. Communication with residents is primarily through the District website (sanitarydistrict1.com), email alerts, and SMS notifications; a recent addition is a Home Composting Program distributing free bins to residents for food-scrap diversion.

Name

Sanitation Distirict 1

Legal name

Sanitary District 1

Website

https://sanitarydistrict1.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1929

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Municipal sanitary district within the Town of Hempstead, NY providing solid waste collection, recycling, transfer, and disposal services to over 50,000 residents across 10 villages, operating a Materials Recovery Facility processing approximately 39,000 tons of waste annually.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Solid Waste Management

NAICS

Solid Waste Collection (562111), Materials Recovery Facilities (56292)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Residential Curbside MSW Collection (BPALAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Single-Stream MRFs (Residential Curbside) (EUAIADAA), Municipal Solid Waste Collection (Residential/Commercial) (IMAIAFAA), Public Works / In-House Municipal Collection Operations (EUAIAAAF)

Keywords

• Municipal waste collection
• Curbside recycling services
• Bulk trash pickup
• Materials recovery facility
• Residential solid waste disposal

Headquarters

HQ city

Lawrence

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Municipal Tax Revenue: Governmental sanitary district funded through property tax assessments. Operates as an independent sanitary district within the Town of Hempstead, providing services to residential, commercial, and institutional properties.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Sanitary District No. 1 provides municipal solid waste collection, recycling, transfer, and disposal services to over 50,000 residents across ten villages within the Town of Hempstead. Core services include twice-weekly garbage collection with rear-yard pickup, sort-free curbside recycling on alternating Wednesdays, and bulk item pickup on request. The District operates a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) that processes approximately 39,000 tons of waste per year, separating recyclables mechanically and manually before off-site disposal.

Product overview

Sanitary District No. 1 operates as a municipal solid waste collection, recycling, and disposal service for over 50,000 residents in the Town of Hempstead. The core offering comprises twice-weekly garbage collection with rear-yard service, sort-free curbside recycling on alternating Wednesdays, bulk item pickup upon request, and a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) that processes approximately 39,000 tons of waste annually. Additional services include a Home Composting Program offering free bins to residents, leaf and yard waste processing, holiday collection schedules, and a pickup day lookup tool. All solid waste flows through the District's Materials Recovery Facility where recyclables are manually and mechanically separated before disposal.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Garbage Collection Services Municipal solid waste collection providing rear-yard collection service to over 50,000 residents twice weekly on an alternate weekly schedule (Monday, Wednesday, Friday then Tuesday, Thursday the following week).
• Recycling Collection Sort-free curbside recycling service collecting plastics, aluminum, metal, tin cans, paper (including magazines, post-its, envelopes), and flattened boxes on alternating Wednesdays.
• Bulk Trash Pickup

Quantifiable outcome

• Processes approximately 39,000 tons of solid waste per year
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Town of HempsteadcoreOthersSanitary District No. 1 operates as one of five independent sanitary districts within the Town of Hempstead. The district coordinates waste disposal with the Town, utilizing the tipping hall converted into a transfer station for off-site disposal in conjunction with the Town of Hempstead.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Regional players

• Winters Bros. Waste Systems: Long Island-based commercial and residential solid waste hauler operating transfer stations and recycling services in the same Nassau County/Suffolk County geography. Comparable regional competitor for collection and recycling volume, particularly in adjacent service areas.
• Town of Hempstead Department of Sanitation: The municipal umbrella within which Sanitary District No. 1 operates as one of five independent districts. Directly comparable geographically and operationally; handles coordination of disposal and transfer station usage for the sanitary districts.
• Westbury Environmental Solutions (Town of North Hempstead): Adjacent Long Island municipal sanitation operations serving neighboring Nassau County communities. Comparable as a New York suburban municipal solid waste and recycling service provider operating under a similar regulatory and demographic profile.
• County Waste & Recycling Service: Private hauler providing residential and commercial solid waste, recycling, and roll-off services across Long Island and the Hudson Valley. Comparable regional peer in collection and recycling services for suburban New York communities.

Broad incumbents

• Covanta Holding Corporation: Operator of waste-to-energy and materials recycling facilities in the U.S. Comparable in solid waste processing and metals/materials recovery from municipal waste streams; relevant adjacent operator for downstream disposal of SD1's residual waste.
• Republic Services: Second-largest U.S. solid waste company offering residential and commercial collection, recycling, and disposal services. Comparable through its MRF/recycling operations and residential subscription collection contracts with municipalities.
• Waste Management, Inc. National solid waste hauler operating collection, recycling (MRFs), transfer, and disposal services across the U.S. Comparable in service mix — collection + MRF recycling + transfer — though a public, multi-region incumbent rather than a single-municipality district.
• NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY): City-level municipal sanitation department providing curbside collection, recycling, and bulk pickup across New York City. Directly comparable as a government-operated residential solid waste and recycling collection utility, though far larger in scale.

Direct peers

• Casella Waste Systems: Regional solid waste, recycling, and organics hauler operating across the Northeast U.S. Closely comparable as a vertically integrated hauler with significant MRF/rec recycling and an organics/composting line that mirrors SD1's Home Composting Program.

Emerging players

• Sunset Park Material Recovery Facility (SIMS Municipal Recycling): Privately operated MRF processing single-stream recyclables in the New York metro area. Comparable on the recycling/secondary materials processing side of SD1's MRF operations, though a single-facility private operator rather than a full-service municipal district.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/sanitarydistrict1
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sanitary-district-1

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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