As of 1 April 2025, it is mandatory for residents of New York City to compost certain waste items. This is part of a program run by the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) called Curbside Composting. The ...

New York City’s mandatory composting enforcement began this week— and many residents are just now realizing what it actually means. For the first time, DSNY is empowered to inspect trash bags, issue ...

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In a major reversal, the Adams administration has ordered New York City sanitation inspectors to stop issuing fines to most buildings that break composting rules for the rest of the year. Curbside ...

Weeks after the New York City Sanitation Department started enforcing new composting rules, officials say they are pausing some of the fines. Many New Yorkers have complained that figuring out how to ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The New York City Department of Sanitation recently announced that it will be releasing a smaller-sized compost bin for purchase following another record-breaking week of compost ...

Find out where to get free composting this summer for your yard, garden or neighborhood tree pits—made from decomposed food scraps and yard waste. The compost bagging machine at the city’s 33-acre ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (PIX11) – Composting fines for ...