Just weeks after NYC started enforcing its new compost rules​, officials say they are pausing some of the fines.

New Yorkers can now get fined for not separating their food scraps. Some critics say that's not the right approach.

These fines are getting trashed. The city is backing off on heavy monetary penalties for those who fail to compost their ...

For those who have been trashing New York City’s recent composting law, you’ve been given a brief window to get on board — or ...

Bronx residents are voicing their issues with the Department of Sanitation's compost enforcement and fines in NYC.

Fines started going out April 1. But City Hall told sanitation inspectors to stop ticketing most buildings that don’t follow ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- New York City is pumping the brakes on enforcement of its new mandatory composting program, ...

Whatever its appeal to suburbanites with yards and gardens, composting is absurdly impractical in a city—especially one facing a massive budget deficit. Where are New York apartment dwellers supposed ...

New York City’s mandatory composting went into effect at the start of this month, and the city has already issued hundreds of ...

Mandatory curbside composting is still relatively new in New York City; the program only rolled out in all five boroughs late last year. “That is only half the story: We picked up 2.5 million ...

The city has trucks that hold compost on one side and regular trash on the other.Credit...Sara Hylton for The New York Times Yard waste and food scraps will be picked up on recycling day.