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Rixaru X, who has worked collecting cans and bottles off city streets for the last six years, spoke to City Limits about the challenges New York City canners face and…

ByMariana Simões 2Comments

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Jun 2024

Climate and Environment Government

Bill Seeks to Boost NYC’s Composting Capacity With More Borough-Based Sites

Most of the food scraps and yard waste collected by the city isn’t getting composted. Instead, it’s being turned into fuel to heat people’s homes—and that’s not actually great for…

ByMariana Simões 15Comments

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Apr 2024

Climate and Environment Government Opinion

Opinion: NY State Legislature Must Act to Curb the Perils of Plastic

“To ensure a livable planet for future generations, reducing plastic from the outset is the best way to gain control of how much we’re polluting our air, land, waters, and…

ByHarvey Epstein

ByJane Selden

ByVictoria Augustine 1Comment

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Mar 2024

Climate and Environment Government In Depth Investigations

Chemical Industry Amps Up Lobbying to Block New York’s Waste Reduction Bill

As a bill that aims to drastically cut the use of plastic packaging gains momentum in Albany, the chemical industry has increased spending to stop it, pouring hundreds of thousands…

ByMariana Simões 1Comment

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Sep 2023

Climate and Environment

Can We Dig Our Way Out of the Waste Crisis?

“Waste has always been inflicted upon the margins,” said Oliver Franklin-Wallis, author of the new book “Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future.”…

ByDanielle Renwick, Nexus Media News 0Comments

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Jun 2023

Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness Politics Transportation

NYC Makes it Mandatory for Residential Buildings to Recycle Food Waste

The City Council on Thursday passed a “groundbreaking” legislative package that forces the city to divert food-based garbage away from landfills and reuse it instead for environmentally friendly purposes like…

ByMariana Simões 8Comments

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Feb 2023

In Depth Justice Transportation

Residents Living Near Queens Waste Facilities Hope Legal Settlement Finally Clears the Air

For two decades, residents in Jamaica’s Bricktown say they’ve had to contend with the stench and debris from unenclosed waste transfer facilities nearby. A settlement reached with the facilities’ operators…

ByNikol Mudrová

ByMaggie Geiler

ByAnnie Jonas 1Comment

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Jan 2023

Government

Sanitation Department Adds 200 ‘Smart Bins’ in NYC’s Latest Composting Expansion

Organic waste collection has become a growing priority as the city seeks to reduce the amount of waste that ends up in landfills, though its composting efforts have been rolled…

ByMary Cunningham 6Comments

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Mar 2022

Climate and Environment Government

Opinion: It’s Time for NYC to Think Outside the Composting Box

‘Mayor Adams has taken on the admirable challenge of promoting plant-based diets because of their health benefits to individuals. In many ways, composting and healthy eating go hand-in-hand, improving human…

ByNancy Holt

ByCalder Orr 1Comment

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Dec 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness News

NYC Votes to Ban Gas in New Construction, As Plastic Utensils Bill Stalls

During its last meeting of the legislative session Wednesday, the New York City Council passed a landmark ban on the use of gas in new buildings. Another bill aimed at…

ByLiz Donovan 0Comments

‘The Bottle Bill Is Just the Beginning’: How Canners Can Make a Cleaner, Better City