A compost bin on a street in Brooklyn. ( Photo: Alex Krales/THE CITY) City Draws Back on Monetary Fines Just Three Weeks into Curbside Composting Food scrap fines are being scraped at least temporarily for many users. After only three weeks of issuing fines to those who... News 21 Apr 2025 | 05:23
The DSNY began enforcing the city’s new composting mandate, and violators will now be charged a fine for disregarding the new regulations. For the first six months, the law was voluntary. Now it is mandatory. ( Photo: @nycsanitation Instagram) Over 2,400 Fines Handed out by Sanitation for Compost Violations; Some Council Members Object The city appears to be escalating its crackdown efforts against building owners who violate the new composting law even as... News 12 Apr 2025 | 01:08
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
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
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