Your guide to NYC's public proceedings.
REMARKS
Clarification on enforcement tactics for organics collection
1:35:42
ยท
43 sec
Joshua Goodman, Deputy Commissioner of Public Affairs and Customer Experience, provides clarification on enforcement tactics for organics collection. Council Member David M. Carr responds with his perspective on the program.
- Goodman explains that inspecting trash is not a new enforcement tactic
- He mentions that context clues from the outside of bags are used for enforcement
- Carr expresses support for organics collection but emphasizes the need to avoid burdening constituents
Joshua Goodman
1:35:42
I just wanna add council member just because I saw a few reactions to the comment that sanitation enforcement personnel might be going through the trash for this.
1:35:49
That's not a new enforcement tactic.
1:35:51
Right?
1:35:51
You've been required by law to separate your metal, glass, plastic, and paper for twenty years.
1:35:56
And that's how that enforcement works.
1:35:58
Context clues.
1:35:58
They're not necessarily opening the bag, but context clues from the outside of the bag to know what's inside of it.
1:36:05
And as the commissioner mentioned, the standard will be much stricter for violations than it is for warnings.
David M. Carr
1:36:09
I appreciate it.
1:36:10
Listen, I have no problem with organics collection.
1:36:12
You know, as you know, I come from the borough that had the biggest landfill, and we want to stop landfilling waste as much as we can.
1:36:18
But I don't want it to be a burden to constituents who, you know, are doing their best to comply with the new mandate.
1:36:24
Appreciate it, chair.
1:36:25
Thank you.
Shaun Abreu
1:36:25
Just one quick question on that.