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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

Buildings across New York City are now required to separate trash from compost, and one property owner says he feels the need ...