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Not composting your food scraps yet? You can now be fined for that. Starting April 1, New York residents must compost all ...
DSNY is now encouraging landlords and homeowners to purchase the official bins from the city, adding that unofficial bins may be used if clearly labeled.
All New York City residents are required to separate yard waste, food scraps and food-soiled paper from trash and recycling ...
This video aired in a previous newscast. NEW YORK (PIX11)—A new law went into effect on Tuesday. New Yorkers must now compost ...
Starting April 1, property owners who don’t follow the rules will be subject to fines. The composting push is part of a ...
If you waited to get a compost bin for free, the Department of Sanitation is no longer giving them out, according to 311. The ...
Mandatory composting went into effect in October 2024 in New York City, but starting Tuesday, those who do not comply with ...
Composting is now the law.Organic matter from the leaves in your yard to the potato peels on your cutting board no longer can go in the regular trash. As of ...
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Ever since there were garbage cans, Brooklynites have thought up ways to disguise them inside of wooden or metal trash enclosures — many custom-made by urban carpenters.
News 12 sat down with DSNY Commissioner Javier Lojan to get some clarity on how New Yorkers can follow the rules and how DSNY ...