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

Compulsory composting became enforceable by fines in New York City starting at the beginning of the month, leaving some ...

If you waited to get a compost bin for free, the Department of Sanitation is no longer giving them out, according to 311. The DSNY held several events between 2024 and 2025 where New York City ...

Official 21-gallon New York City composting bins are available for purchase through a private vendor for $43.47. New Yorkers can also use their own bins for compost, so long as the bins are 55 gallons ...

Since then, the New York City Department of Sanitation has issued nearly 30,000 warnings for not composting, according to DSNY Deputy Commissioner Joshua Goodman. Starting April 1, those warnings will ...

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

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

mandating separate disposal of food scraps and yard waste, with fines for violations. Residents can buy larger bins at bins.nyc or use any secure 55-gallon bin with a free DSNY decal.

They must now separate food waste into compost bins or face new fines imposed by the city’s garbage police, who will be digging through trash looking for verboten coffee grounds and onion peels.

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