25 Tons of Organics Collected in First Month of NYC Pilot Organics Program

The pilot program gives residents another bin to put organics in.  Photo by New York City Department of Sanitation

wasterecyclingnews.com - by Jeremy Carroll - June 19, 2013

More than 25 tons of organic material has been collected in a Staten Island neighborhood in the first month of New York City's pilot curbside organics collections.

The city said 43% of the 3,000 homes in the Westerleigh neighborhood are participating in the voluntary program.

"There has been great participation in Westerleigh," said John J. Doherty, the city's sanitation commissioner, in a statement.

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