QUESTION
What percentage of organic material goes to landfills versus being composted or sent for aerobic digestion?
0:48:25
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The commissioner states that 100% of the organic material provided by residents and collected by the Department of Sanitation is either composted or anaerobically digested.
- None of the organic material collected is sent to landfills.
- All of it is diverted to composting facilities or anaerobic digestion facilities.
Shaun Abreu
0:48:25
So my question is, what percentage of it of organic material, how much of it is going to the landfill versus how much of it is either composted or going to aerobic digestion?
Jessica Tisch
0:48:34
Okay.
0:48:35
A 100% of what is given to us, meaning what our residents put out, is either sent to be composted or to be anaerobically digested.
0:48:48
When a New Yorker or school sets out their compost material, we do not send any of it to landfill.
0:48:56
We either send it for composting or for digestion.
Shaun Abreu
0:49:01
Thank you.
0:49:03
Alright.
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