Articles of Interest
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What a waste: New York City budget cuts eviscerate community composting groups
City’s waffling on food scrap programs not only harms environment but also hinders participation in waste management schemes.
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Why New York’s Curbside Composting Program Will Yield Hardly Any Compost
This week, New York City’s curbside organics collection effort debuts in Brooklyn, where tons of food scraps will be processed to help deliver un-fracked natural gas to local residences. Is this the best use of the city’s food waste?
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Don’t Kill Community Composting in New York City
Eliminating funding for NYC’s neighborhood network of food waste drop-off sites would be a significant blow to the city’s sustainability and climate resilience efforts.
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Community Composting Produces More Than Just Good Dirt
“Our best hope for a better future lies in communities coming together to care for the land we inhabit. Losing city-funded community composting programs will make that much harder.”
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NYC’s Community Composting Cuts Are Putting Its Curbside Plan at Risk
By killing funding for community programs, composting advocates say the city is kneecapping its plan to make curbside composting mandatory.
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It’s getting harder to compost in NYC. Here’s why.
Mayor Eric Adams slashed the entire budget for community composting. What does that really mean for you and the future of NYC?
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Proposed NYC budget cuts ‘devastating’ for community composters
Cuts to the New York City Sanitation Department could lead to dozens of layoffs, the closure of several mid-sized community composting facilities and the delayed rollout of curbside organics service.
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Less Compost, More Methane Gas and Landfill Loom in Proposed Budget Cuts
City-funded food scrap compost programs face potential shutdown, giving way to government programs that turn food waste into greenhouse gas — not nutrient-rich fertilizer
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Project to convert NYC compost to heating fuel goes offline weeks after launching
A highly anticipated project in Brooklyn to convert organic waste into natural gas for heating fuel has gone offline only months after being activated, city officials acknowledged — and there’s no clear timeline for its return.
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Eric Adams Just Cut the Only NYC Compost Programs That Ever Worked
Bye bye, community compost program budget. Hello, delays in curbside organic waste collection.
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Community composting groups are bracing for potential reductions
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Following the Smart Bin Compost Truck to Its Last Stop
It doesn’t go where you think.
Related Resources
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Check out these food scrap maps!
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NYC Community Compost Network
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