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Sanitation Pauses Fines for Failing to Compost

April 18, 2025, 1:47 p.m.April 18, 2025, 3:08 p.m.

Relief on a new citywide mandate to separate food and yard waste comes with a pledge to enhance public education on how to comply.

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How to Compost in NYC: A Guide

March 27, 2025, 5:00 a.m.April 23, 2025, 10:26 p.m.

The Department of Sanitation is getting serious about making sure New Yorkers sort their food scraps from their trash. Here’s what to do — and what happens to the material.

Workers at the Sunset Park recycling center sort plastics, metal and glass.

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Where Does NYC’s Recycling Go and How Much Really Gets Reused, Anyway?

Jan. 30, 2025, 12:01 p.m.Jan. 31, 2025, 9:02 a.m.

Sorting out answers at Staten Island’s giant paper pulp vat and the massive sifter in Brooklyn — including why seeing metal thrown in the trash makes one waste expert “weak in the knees.”

Sanitation workers put paper discards onto barges at a recycling transfer station on the west side of Manhattan.

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Recycling in NYC Is Easier Than You Think: A Guide for the Confused

Jan. 28, 2025, 5:00 a.m.Feb. 6, 2025, 5:17 p.m.

Where do pizza boxes go? What exactly is rigid plastic? How clean do empty jars need to be? Relax, experts say.

Animal rights advocates rally outside of City Hall in favor of a bill to prevent birds being exposed to rat poison.

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Flaco’s Law: With Bird Bill, City Council Pushes Plan B for Rat Control to Protect Feathered Friends

April 11, 2024, 3:57 p.m.April 11, 2024, 4:56 p.m.

Rodenticide, building lights and glass windows are among the biggest threats for owls, hawks and falcons in New York.

Waste Management

Own a Home? You’ll Have to Buy Trash Bins From This One Company, Says Sanitation

April 9, 2024, 9:27 p.m.Sept. 5, 2024, 3:06 p.m.

City Department of Sanitation is about to enter an exclusive 10-year contract with a North Carolina firm to sell disposal containers that must be used by all residences with fewer than 10 apartments.

Pedestrians walk by a giant pile of recycling in the Financial District.

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New Yorkers Are Recycling Less, Sanitation Study Finds

April 4, 2024, 5:33 p.m.April 4, 2024, 5:33 p.m.

Just under half of paper and cardboard that could be recycled is, and about 41% of glass, metal and plastic, according to the study.

Waste Management

Loud Loo? Park Dwellers Want City to Pay for Quieter Public Bathroom

Sept. 11, 2023, 5:00 a.m.Sept. 8, 2023, 4:49 p.m.

A couple that lives in a condo in Brooklyn Bridge Park say toilet sounds are keeping them up at night. Park officials are fighting their lawsuit while looking for solutions.

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How to Compost Yard Waste Curbside in New York

June 30, 2023, 5:00 a.m.Oct. 11, 2023, 12:56 p.m.

Garbage rules are changing June 30 for people in Queens, with Brooklyn following quickly behind. Here’s what to know about separating your grass clippings from your regular trash.

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As City Gears Up to Enforce Food Waste Law Again, Businesses Wonder What to Do

July 11, 2022, 6:11 p.m.July 11, 2022, 6:12 p.m.

On July 31, the Sanitation Department will begin issuing fines between $250 and $1,000 for establishments that don’t separate and process their organic waste, officials say.

Waste Management

Sanitation Pauses Fines for Failing to Compost

How to Compost in NYC: A Guide

Where Does NYC’s Recycling Go and How Much Really Gets Reused, Anyway?

Recycling in NYC Is Easier Than You Think: A Guide for the Confused

Flaco’s Law: With Bird Bill, City Council Pushes Plan B for Rat Control to Protect Feathered Friends

Own a Home? You’ll Have to Buy Trash Bins From This One Company, Says Sanitation

New Yorkers Are Recycling Less, Sanitation Study Finds

Loud Loo? Park Dwellers Want City to Pay for Quieter Public Bathroom

How to Compost Yard Waste Curbside in New York

As City Gears Up to Enforce Food Waste Law Again, Businesses Wonder What to Do

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