The sanitation department's popular initiative to divert food scraps from landfills will be expanded all five boroughs.
A sanitation official said the city is considering making the separation of yard waste mandatory.
“This program is going to represent the first time that many New Yorkers have ever had access to curbside composting. Let them get used to it,” Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch told The New York Times, whichCompost collection in Queens is on pause for the winter and will resume on March 27. Brooklyn residents can begin separating their compost for curbside collection on Oct. 2.
Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine tweeted that he hopes the city will “accelerate this for Manhattan.” While the Queens pilot program cost the city $467,000, officials said citywide service will cost $22.5 million by 2026. The city expects to spend $45 million this fiscal year for new compost collection trucks.
Large yard debris is separated from the city’s collected organic waste and sent to a compost facility in New Jersey. The remaining organic waste is sent to the Pine Island Farm in Massachusetts or the wastewater treatment plant at Newtown Creek in Greenpoint – where a long-delayed project with National Grid aims to turnSanitation department officials said they're also looking for other transfer stations to handle the extra compost.
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