QUESTION
What is the city doing to prepare for increased composting in the next two years?
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The city has upgraded Staten Island's composting facility and launched a competitive bid to expand organic processing capacity.
- Upgraded Staten Island compost facility from 30 to 600 tons of food waste capacity per week.
- Launch of the upgrade occurred last fall under the mayor and commissioner's leadership.
- A sealed competitive bid was initiated to enhance citywide organic processing, focusing on both composting and digestion.
- The efforts are part of preparing for the upcoming 20-year solid waste management plan.
Shaun Abreu
0:24:35
All right, my next question is So local law requires the city to plan to maximize composting as part of its upcoming 20 years solid waste management plan.
0:24:44
We know that's up in 2 years already.
0:24:47
What actions are the city taking now to prepare sites and personnel to conduct the composting process?
Javier Lohan
0:24:56
So we undertook the ambitious project to upgrade our Staten Island compost facility capacity as I test fight.
0:25:04
The mayor and the commissioners with the mayor and the commissioner's leadership.
0:25:08
So that upgrade launched last fall and the compulse facilities capacity dramatically grew from having the capacity to accept 30 tons of food past food waste per week to 600 tons per week.
0:25:22
Separating complementary to our own facilities upgrade, like deputy commissioner Goodman mentioned, we put out a sealed competitive bid to increase our organic processing at the capacity citywide.
0:25:34
And we're still ongoing, but by its end, we will have increased capacity for both composting and digestion as specified.
