Composting
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Monday’s Headlines: Time to Turn that Crap into Gold Edition
The big news in our world over the weekend was that curbside composting at every single Queens residence starts on Monday. Plus other news.
March 27, 2023
Citywide Composting Would Require $75M to Buy 170 Trucks: Commish
The Department of Sanitation will have to spend around $75 million to buy roughly 170 trucks if it has any chance of growing the Queens universal curbside organics collection into a robust citywide program, Commissioner Jessica Tisch told the Council last week.
November 21, 2022
Queens Composting Overtakes Old Opt-in Program, But Still Has a Long Way to Go
Queens is getting its crap together.
October 24, 2022
OPINION: With Composting, Give the People More Options
If the city wants composting to go mainstream, it must make as many composting options as accessible as possible. Scalability is about choice: Plan for every situation.
August 14, 2022
OPINION: It’s Time To Mandate Composting Citywide
Small waste programs in underserved Brooklyn neighborhoods show it can be done, argues the Council's Sanitation Committee chairwoman.
May 5, 2022
TRASH TALK: Advocates Warn Against Further Delays on Commercial Waste Zones
They don't trust them as far as they can throw them.
May 2, 2022
