By Maria Rachal, Waste Dive Editor
New York City officials plan for a curbside composting program to be available citywide by the end of 2024, Mayor Eric Adams said in his State of the City address Thursday.
“Hiring our new rat czar will be just the beginning of a new era in delivering the best in public services and public spaces,” Adams said. “We’re going to get stuff cleaner by launching the country’s largest curbside composting program. By the end of 2024, all 8.5 million New Yorkers will finally have the rat-defying solution they’ve been waiting for two decades.”
Over a three-month period, a composting pilot in Queens diverted nearly 6,500 tons of kitchen and yard waste from landfills, Adams reported. “Imagine how much we will accomplish when every family in the city is participating. A lot of people have talked about this issue, but this administration is getting it done,” Adams said.
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