Not composting your food scraps yet? You can now be fined for that. Starting April 1, New York residents must compost all ...

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

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 ...

Starting April 1, property owners who don’t follow the rules will be subject to fines. The composting push is part of a ...

New York City residents will be subject to fines for failing to separate compostable materials from their regular trash.

Mr. Mezzacappa incorrectly states this is the first time DSNY can inspect trash bags ... We provided residents the chance to get a free brown compost bin as service began in their boroughs ...

The DSNY has given out free small composting bins for kitchen scraps at events held in 2024 and 2025. Erin Pflaumer is a digital content producer from Long Island who has covered both local and ...

“We were hearing from neighbors, especially in Brooklyn Heights, that the DSNY bins were too big to fit in their existing trash enclosures,” Councilmember Lincoln Restler (D-Brooklyn ...