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 ...

Randy Mastro, Mayor Adams’ top deputy at City Hall, ordered the Sanitation Department this week to stop fining most building owners over failing to comply with the city’s new mandatory composting ...

After forcing New Yorkers to spend billions of dollars for the privilege of sorting their garbage into recycling bins, municipal officials have found an even costlier — and grubbier — way for ...

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) — The New York City Department of Sanitation has announced that trash, curbside composting, and recycling collection will be suspended on Memorial Day. New York City residents ...

Property owners and landlords in New York City can now be fined $25 or more if residents are found throwing a banana peel in the trash. As of April 1, all New Yorkers must separate organic waste — ...

Failing to separate residential compost waste — including leaves, grass and food scraps — began Tuesday, subjecting the violator to a fine in New York City. The compost must be set out in a designated ...

The first week of New York City’s composting crackdown resulted in nearly 2,000 tickets to property owners who allegedly ignored a new mandate to separate organic waste from the rest of their building ...

The city stopped handing out fines to smaller residential buildings that don’t follow the city’s mandatory composting rules, saying it needs to do more public education on how to participate. But ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Property owners and landlords in New York City can now be fined $25 or more if residents are found throwing a banana peel in the ...