If the new rule goes into effect, New York City residents and property owners who fail to compost their yard waste would face similar fines to those who don’t recycle properly.
kicks off this week. Adams has promised residents all over the city will have the service by October 2024, with a rollout coming to Brooklyn by this fall. The service will extend to the Bronx and Staten Island next spring, and to Manhattan by fall of next year.
The proposal to make composting yard scraps mandatory would follow a similar timeline if enacted, going into effect right away in Queens, with the requirement phasing in later this year in Brooklyn, and the remaining boroughs next year.Environmental advocates and city officials tout curbside composting as having the dual benefit of reducing rat infestations and curbing the amount of greenhouse-gas-producing waste the city sends to landfills.
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