New Yorkers never back down from a scrap, so composting is ramping up in the Big Apple.
Cores of not-so-big apples and other food waste can be sorted and dropped off by the city’s orange “smart bins” to biodegrade, providing a greener alternative to incineration or landfills.
“The [composting] pilot that initially started was in Windsor Terrace. [It] started heavily in Park Slope. And some of these outer neighborhoods where it is mostly Black and Latino folks or AAPI communities, we have not had those programs in our community. This bill makes it universal. Everyone has access to the same infrastructure.”of Black and brown New Yorkers from the city’s “robust” composting efforts as a key issue when she initially introduced the legislation last year.
“But removing the food from bags that sit out for hours at night during peak rat hangout times is a huge rat mitigation strategy.” And the soil goes directly back into the community. Worley says soil from the compost bin, which she nicknames “black gold,” is used to fertilize trees on her block as well as given to local residents for their own homegrown projects. To her, composting is a long-term investment in more than one way.
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