Mamdani administration discreetly reinstates large penalties for compost violators
The Garbage Police Are Back! The administration of Mayor Mamdani has quietly resumed applying significant fines to New Yorkers who dispose of food scraps in the trash rather than composting them, according to recent reports. So far this year, the Sanitation Department has issued 516 citations, ending a temporary pause on the composting mandates established […]
Green-Wood Cemetery will soon provide a burial option that turns bodies into compost to return them to the earth.
New Burial Trend Gains Popularity in New York In a fascinating development, environmentally-conscious New Yorkers will soon have the option to turn their bodies into compost through a new initiative at Greenwood Cemetery. Interestingly, several hundred people are already considering this unique approach to post-life care. Recently, the historic cemetery revealed it would be the […]
City official criticizes the city for promoting ‘disgusting’ compost bins
Reduce and reuse. . . Reuse! A politician from Queens is coming up with inventive ways to utilize the many composting buckets that the city is distributing to residents. “It’s a more appealing way to collect food scraps than leaving this unattractive, unpleasant bucket on the counter,” she remarked after the city delivered 150 plastic […]
City Hall walks back on compost collection enforcement
These fines have been dumped. The city supports major financial penalties for those who fail to composte trash. Less than three weeks after the mandatory program was implemented, a record number of compostable waste has been collected and marked a major rollback. Sources said Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro and several senior officials called for Stark […]
NYC breaks record for compost collection in second week of new rules —and now it has to open a new site
Record £3.8 million Compost was collected in the second week of the new recycling mandate. This is overwhelming enough that the city has launched a new site specializing in “black gold.” This is 1,900 tonnes of food scrap, food production paper removed from landfills, and garden waste, making the highest weekly total in the city’s […]