Organics Collection is coming to Greenpoint!

Neighborhood News / Trash News — Published March 25, 2015

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If you live in the area shaded in red on the above map, you will soon be required by the City to separate your food waste from the rest of your trash.

In June, the NYC Department of Sanitation will deliver special containers to store your separated food waste to be picked up at the same time as your other trash and recycling. We’re excited to start separating our compost to help reduce the amount of overall trash sent to landfill in New York City.

Read more about what a resident of Park Slope had to say about adopting a new organics collection program in his neighborhood.