The special brown compost bin where residents are now required to place their food scraps and lawn clippings. Mandatory fines for failing to separate food waste from other trash kick in as of April 1. ( Photo: NYC DSNY) Citywide Composting Kicks In April 1. So Do the Fines Curbside composting rules will be widely enforced citywide beginning on April 1, meaning that Department of Sanitation (DSNY)... News 31 Mar 2025 | 02:19
Gwen Ossenfort (left) and Mike McAllister (right) posed for a photo together at the Reclaimed Organics Upper West Side drop-off on a Wednesday in late July. Photo: Abigail Gruskin Composting During COVID-19 For the past year, a growing number of people have taken to dumping food scraps, dead flowers and more into large bins on... News 30 Jul 2021 | 10:42
Anna Sacks is known online as “The Trash Walker” for saving items from people’s garbage collections. (Photo: Sami Roberts) The Future of Composting On July 1, the results of New York City’s fiscal budget meeting were in. Many New Yorkers were involved and interested, likely... News 23 Jul 2020 | 04:43
Council Member Calls for “Pedestrian Pricing” in Manhattan below 60th St