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Composting on the chopping block in Mayor Adams's budget

Composting on the chopping block in Mayor Adams's budget

Mayor Eric Adams wants to suspend the expansion of New York’s composting program, but experts say the program is crucial to the city’s climate targets.
Composting has been scrapped. These New Yorkers picked up the slack
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Composting has been scrapped. These New Yorkers picked up the slack

People like Vivian Lin, who quit her job at an architecture firm to start a composting business, have helped fill the void after the city suspended curbside organic waste collection.
Taming the ‘wild west' of New York's dangerous private trash trucks
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Taming the ‘wild west' of New York's dangerous private trash trucks

A sweeping overhaul aims to make commercial garbage pickup safer for pedestrians, workers and the environment.
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