A record rupture of 3.8 million pounds Compost were collected in the second week of a new recycling mandate, such an excessive number that the city is opening a new site dedicated to “black gold.”
That is 1,900 tons of food remains, paper with food and garden waste that remained out of the landfills, which makes it the highest total of a single week in the history of the city, said the department of sanitation to the post.
The induction load of amazing and probable vomiting is three times what was being composted a year ago, when organic recycling was encouraged in the five districts but not obliged.
It is also a 12% increase in 2.6 million pounds that were collected in the first week of the new program earlier this month.
“After 12 years of treating composting as a niche program, it played only two weeks of regular operations to reach a record amount of food waste and patio remains that were kept out of the landfills,” said the interim commissioner Javier Lojan to the post in a statement. “These internship numbers show that the creation of a normal composting program, easy to use and enforceable works.
“When you cut it with the special rules, the days off, and it begins and stops, when it facilitates the participation of the New Yorkers who do the right thing after time, and establish records along the way.”
The previous registration of the compost collection was established in November 2024 when the department first launched its composting model, but when it was a voluntary program.
For two weeks in a row, more than 3.2 million pounds of compost were collected, which fell more in line with the expectations for the autumn season when residents show garden leaves and waste.
Breaking that record in April is not precedents, said the agency.
While the tonnage of compost’s Skyroks, the number of fines seems to be chopped, which could be an indication that New Yorkers are climbing with the new mandates.
Some 1,758 citations were delivered to the property that were still launching their composable materials in the regular garbage, which is slightly by the 1,885 that were issued the previous week, the sanitation officials shared with the position.
The number of people requesting their compost, this time in the form of gardening floor, is also increasing, which leads to the city to open a new composting distribution site in Astoria.
Compost lovers can collect 40-pound bags from 77-28 19th Avenue facilities from Wednesday.
The new installation 77-28 19th Avenue will be the third draw site. The original opened in Dutch murders in 2017, while a Greenpoint site has been in operation since last summer.
Sanitation officials hope to give 5 million pounds from compost to residents for free this summer. Dozens of millions of pounds will also be delivered to non -profit organizations and sold to landscapes this year.
The mandatory composting program has been controversial since the fines for not complying entered into force on April 1.
The owners and property administrators have denounced the mandate as unsustainable, arguing that they would force their staff to the garbage garbage container of the container.
Last week, the Sense Common Caucus presented a bill that would reverse the mandatory aspect of the program and retreated disciplinary fines.
The small group will probably have problems approved the bill: the City Council only approved mandatory composting laws in 2023.