compost

The City Council passed legislation that splits from Mayor Eric Adams’ current composting program, which is voluntary. The sanitation department has previously said it needs to find more sites to process organic waste.

Curbside compost collection is slated to be available in all five boroughs by the end of 2024.

Battery Park City plans to expand its dog poop composting program to process more than 200 pounds per day. Organizers say it could serve as a model for citywide use.

The sanitation department says data shows the boroughwide program is hugely popular with New Yorkers.

The biogas project at the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant was initially expected to be finished in 2015.

The largest compost program in the country launches on Monday, Oct. 3. Here’s a rundown of the details.

Before the pandemic, Manhattan was served by an average of 736 Sanitation trucks. In 2020, that was cut to 272 trucks and service is currently still lower than normal, with 440 trucks working in the borough.

By 2017, the program was serving 300,000 households, 722 schools, agencies and institutions, and 80 drop-off points. In 2019, the city collected 50,000 tons of compostables from curbside service alone. What happened?

Residents were left unaware, and their compost was left in the hot sun.

Only about 3 percent of the organics waste produced by residents in the program is getting recycled.