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 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 ...

The city has increased processing capacity to prepare for the shift. It issued tens of thousands of warnings before enforcement began on April 1, and has already issued nearly 2,000 summons for ...

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

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

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

New York City has issued almost 2,000 tickets to alleged violators during the first week of composting enforcement. The rule has been in effect since October. However, on April 1, the sanitation ...

Mar. 18, 2025 — Biomass can be converted into valuable gases. But in order to control this process, the amount of water vapor has to be measured. This is notoriously hard, because other ...