Mayor Adams is halting a planned expansion of NYC’s curbside organic recycling program, representing a reversal from the mayor’s promises on the campaign trail, in which he repeatedly touted universal composting as a key tenet of his climate agenda.
Mayor Eric Adams is halting a planned expansion of New York City’s curbside organic recycling program, arguing that low participation does not justify the expense.released this week, Adams said the city would generate around $27.5 million in savings by suspending the planned expansion of the organics program – part of an across-the-board $2 billion in savings he pledged for fiscal year 2022 and 2023.
The comments represent a reversal from the mayor’s promises on the campaign trail, in which he repeatedly touted universal composting as a key tenet of his climate agenda — though he wanted to pay private companies to do the the pickups. Food and yard scraps make up about a third of the city’s waste stream and are a potent source of greenhouse gas emissions when left to rot in landfills.
“This is a disappointing move from the Mayor, who committed many times to expanding organics collections,” Nurse wrote in an email. “Simply put, we cannot have clean streets or meet our Zero Waste goals if we do not fund this program.”
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