Residents will be able to pick up free 40-pound bags of compost from 77-28 19th Avenue in Astoria. Acting Sanitation ...

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 ...

Compulsory composting became enforceable by fines in New York City starting at the beginning of the month, leaving some ...

New York City is pausing most fines for residents who are not composting to give them more time to learn how to sort waste ...

Since then, the New York City Department of Sanitation has issued nearly 30,000 warnings for not composting, according to DSNY Deputy Commissioner Joshua Goodman. Starting April 1, those warnings will ...

Starting this week, the New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) has begun enforcing new composting regulations requiring residents to separate their organic waste ...

mandating separate disposal of food scraps and yard waste, with fines for violations. Residents can buy larger bins at bins.nyc or use any secure 55-gallon bin with a free DSNY decal.

The city has increased processing capacity to prepare for the shift. It issued tens of thousands of warnings before ...

All New York City residents are required to separate yard waste, food scraps and food-soiled paper from trash and recycling starting on April 1.

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