Just weeks after NYC started enforcing its new compost rules​, officials say they are pausing some of the fines.

Fines started going out April 1. But City Hall told sanitation inspectors to stop ticketing most buildings that don’t follow composting rules.

For those who have been trashing New York City’s recent composting law, you’ve been given a brief window to get on board — or else the fines will start to roll in. New York City’s waste reduction efforts commenced earlier in April,