QUESTION
What percentage of compostable material was composted or sent to anaerobic digestion as part of the curbside program in Queens?
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Commissioner Tisch states that currently about 20% of collected material is composted and 80% is beneficially reused.
- The NYC Department of Sanitation is undergoing a procurement process to diversify infrastructure for sending material
- A goal is to increase the percentage composted without overburdening any neighborhoods
- Tisch agrees to provide the specific data on the percentage composted or anaerobically digested
Shaun Abreu
0:46:30
Can Commissioner, can you please speak to the percentage of compostable material that was composted as part of the curve side programming queens.
Dilcy Benn
0:46:37
Do I have that here?
Jessica Tisch
0:46:41
I can get that for you.
0:46:43
Our but I can give you I'll give you the precise number, but I'll give you our current breakdown right now is about 20% of the material that we collect is composted, and 80% is otherwise beneficially reused.
0:46:58
As I've discussed in my testimony and previously, as we we are in the process.
0:47:05
We are doing a procurement right now to diversify our infrastructure for where we send the material.
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And among the things, the goals of that procurement, our waste equity and the type of beneficial reuse.
0:47:25
I don't want to project what the come is going to be, but I can tell you I'd like to see an outcome where we have more diversity in terms of where the trucks our Boeing, so we don't overly burden one neighborhood.
0:47:39
And I'd like to see the percentage of the amount that is composted increase.
Shaun Abreu
0:47:45
If we could get that data point
Jessica Tisch
0:47:47
You will get it too.
Shaun Abreu
0:47:48
Specifically, the percentage of compostable material that ends up as either compost anaerobic digestion I would like to have that.
Jessica Tisch
0:47:56
And I'm sorry.
0:47:57
What'd you say?
Shaun Abreu
0:47:58
So my question is, what percentage of compostable material is either composted or ghost to anaerobic digestion?
Jessica Tisch
0:48:05
I just answered that.
0:48:06
It was right now approximately 20% versus 80%.
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But I believe I'd like to see that number come up meaningfully this fall when our procurement process is complete and look forward to reporting to you on updates then.
Shaun Abreu
0:48:25
Yeah.