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‘The de Blasio Administration has paused plans for expanding curbside organics collection to additional neighborhoods across the city. Given the inevitable and impending climate crisis before us, this is a…

ByLetitia James

ByEric A. Goldstein 13Comments

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Jul 2018

Education In Depth Investigations

So Far, Push to Compost NYC School Food Waste is a Mixed Bag

The DOE recently said a pilot program won’t be expanded until it works out some of the problems that have led to a low capture rate of organic leftovers.

ByDavid Brand 2Comments

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Aug 2017

NYCHA

Groups Around the City Pitch in to Keep Your Kitchen Waste Out Of Landfills

City-backed projects and grassroots gardens are collaborating on the city’s Zero Waste composting goal.

ByDavid Brand 2Comments

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Jun 2016

In Depth

Saving NYC’s Food Waste From Both Landfill and Compost

While composting food waste is better that simply burying it in landfills, both techniques have their costs, and both involve a fundamental failure: The food could have been eaten.

ByGuglielmo Mattioli 2Comments

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Jan 2016

Uncategorized

CityViews:
City’s Composting Program is a Mandate in Search of a Plan

A former city sanitation commissioner and deputy mayor applauds the city’s ambitious goal to remove compostable waste from the garbage stream—but wants to know more about where that refuse is…

ByNorman Steisel 2Comments

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May 2015

Investigations

How NYC Can Learn from Other Cities’ Work Toward Zero Waste

Seattle, Boulder and Ljubljana (that’s in Slovenia) have employed approaches that New York City might find instructive as it chases Mayor de Blasio’s “zero waste to landfills” goal.

ByLiridona Duraku 5Comments

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May 2015

Investigations

City Composting Effort Will Reduce Waste, But Needs Room

New York is diverting more and more organic material like food waste from landfills to composting projects. The big challenge might not be collecting the stuff, but figuring out where…

ByCole Rosengren 2Comments

CityViews: NYC Can Fight Climate Change at the Curbside

So Far, Push to Compost NYC School Food Waste is a Mixed Bag

Groups Around the City Pitch in to Keep Your Kitchen Waste Out Of Landfills

Saving NYC’s Food Waste From Both Landfill and Compost

CityViews:
City’s Composting Program is a Mandate in Search of a Plan

How NYC Can Learn from Other Cities’ Work Toward Zero Waste

City Composting Effort Will Reduce Waste, But Needs Room

Newsletter

CityViews: NYC Can Fight Climate Change at the Curbside

So Far, Push to Compost NYC School Food Waste is a Mixed Bag

Groups Around the City Pitch in to Keep Your Kitchen Waste Out Of Landfills

Saving NYC’s Food Waste From Both Landfill and Compost

CityViews:City’s Composting Program is a Mandate in Search of a Plan

How NYC Can Learn from Other Cities’ Work Toward Zero Waste

City Composting Effort Will Reduce Waste, But Needs Room

Newsletter

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City’s Composting Program is a Mandate in Search of a Plan