The mayor announced the plan to expand the composting program, first implemented in Queens, during his State of the City address.
The mayor announced the plan to expand the composting program, first implemented in Queens, during hisMayor Adams and Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch detailed the expansion of the program at City Hall on Wednesday.
"In just three months, a pilot composting program right here in Queens kept nearly 13 million pounds of kitchen and yard waste out of landfills. That's more than the weight of 300 city buses. Imagine how much we will accomplish when every family in the city is participating. A lot of people have talked about this issue, but this administration is getting it done," Adams said.
"Today, we are going where no one has gone before. By the end of 2024, every New York City resident will have access to clean, convenient, curbside compost pickup from the Department of Sanitation," Mayor Adams said. "For more than two decades, past administrations have been working to achieve citywide composting - and today, I'm proud to announce we are getting it done.
The new program is built on a number of efficiencies that drive costs down, including the use of dual-bin trucks and a right-sizing of the workforce to reduce overtime. The leaf-and-yard-waste-first approach was designed based on an analysis of successful programs in other cities, including Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, and Toronto.
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