Curbside Composting Tries to Take Root Again
A third of what New Yorkers throw in the garbage is food scraps, according to the city, which looked to curbside composting to help meet its zero waste by 2030 goal. But that program was halted at the beginning of the pandemic. Now, efforts are underway to bring it back.
Service will start up again next month in the part of the city covered by Brooklyn Community Board 6, but other neighborhoods have been learning recently that they will not receive the service initially. And the program remains voluntary and dependent on people opting in.
New York City's Sanitation Commissioner Edward Grayson joined WNYC's Morning Edition host Michael Hill to talk about the current state of the program, how to get your large building on board, and how to get to zero waste in nine years without a mandatory composting program.
