New York City’s curbside composting service expands on Sunday, making it available to all NYC residents.
Starting October 6, curbside composting will be available in the Bronx, Manhattan and Staten Island after the city previously launched the program in Queens and Brooklyn.
As part of the program, city residents will put their food waste, yard waste and food-soiled paper out in a brown DSNY bin, or any container 55 gallons or less with a secure lid, on their recycling day. The sanitation department will then pick up their compost and put it to beneficial reuse rather than sending the waste to landfills…