The City Council introduced an ambitious package of green legislation Thursday, with an initiative that would expand curbside composting across New York. But Mayor Eric Adams has criticized the city’s existing pickup program as “symbolic” over practical—setting the council up for a fight over how the city achieves its lofty goal of diverting zero waste to landfills by 2030.
The universal composting bill is sponsored by City Council member Shahana Hanif, who represents Brooklyn. It would gradually roll out organic waste pickup to nearly all residential buildings in the city by 2023. The composting program would be a significant departure from the current curbside program, which the Department
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