As part of the compost program, residents put their food waste, yard waste and food-soiled paper out in a brown DSNY bin, or ...

Residents will be able to pick up free 40-pound bags of compost from 77-28 19th Avenue in Astoria. Acting Sanitation ...

Here’s a compilation of their suggestions, all quite easy to do: Use homemade or eco-friendly cleaning solutions. Homemade ...

Those compost projects were largely the victim of budget cuts during Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration, but he later set the stage for the current program with a 2013 initiative that included ...

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

The city has increased processing capacity to prepare for the shift. It issued tens of thousands of warnings before ...

The retired Queens resident knew that effective April 1, the citywide program of separating compostable organic material from regular garbage and placing it by the curb in a city-issue brown ...

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

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

When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Katie Okamoto and Anna Perling “How do I compost?” might sound like a simple question, but the answers can branch out ...

It couldn’t be easier, and it’s the best way to help keep our city clean and unappealing to rats and other critters.