New Yorkers can now get fined for not separating their food scraps. Some critics say that's not the right approach.

The retired Queens resident knew that effective April 1, the citywide program of separating compostable organic material from ...

The New York City Council introduced a bill Thursday to make composting voluntary after some backlash from angry New Yorkers, ...

The city runs the nation’s largest organics program. It has shifted processing capacity in recent years with new contracts ...

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

The city has issued hundreds of daily summonses to New Yorkers who aren’t complying with new composting rules, according to the Department of Sanitation. The new ...

Waste reduction efforts are entering a new phase this week, as the city's sanitation agency begins enforcing mandatory ...

The city issued 1,885 violations related to New York City’s new composting rules in the first week of enforcement, according ...

Starting this week, the New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) has begun enforcing new composting regulations ...

The Common Sense Caucus aims to introduce legislation making the recently implemented mandatory household composting program ...