DSNY Proposed Amendment to Rule Relating to Mandatory Organics
Rule status: Proposed
Agency: DSNY
Comment by date: April 3, 2024
Rule Full Text
DSNY-Proposed-Amendment-to-Rule-Relating-to-Mandatory-Organics.pdf
Local Law No. 85 for the year 2023 (Local Law 85) requires the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) to establish a mandatory citywide organics collection program. This program will make the source separation of residential organic waste in the City of New York mandatory. The law requires DSNY to implement the mandatory organics collection program in 30 residential sanitation districts by October 2, 2023, and in all remaining sanitation districts by October 7, 2024. DSNY’s current rules provide that source separation of yard waste from organic waste is required in all districts in Staten Island and the Bronx beginning March 25, 2024, and in all districts in Manhattan beginning October 7, 2024. As a result of budget constraints, DSNY has determined to amend the date on which mandatory source separation of residential organic waste commences in all such districts in Staten Island, the Bronx and Manhattan to October 6, 2024.
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Public Hearings
Date
April 3, 2024
10:00am - 11:00am EDT
Location
Virtual Hearing
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Online comments: 2
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myrtle smith
Comment added March 31, 2024 9:21amResidential buildings are not the main source of organic waste . This should be for food servicing businesses. As a home owner I would take a month to have a half container. Who wants to open this?
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Nora Tjossem
Comment added April 2, 2024 12:53pmWhile the mandatory separation and collection of organics is an important aspect of a zero waste future for New York City, the program will not bring us close to those goals without the funding of local, community-based composting sites. Defunding community composting sites, which not only have historically taken the bulk of organics collected city-wide and educated neighbors about the value of composting, undermines the program entirely. Invest in our future and restore funding for community composters!