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AGENCY TESTIMONY

Commercial organic waste separation and proposed legislation

0:18:31

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Commissioner Lojan discusses commercial organic waste separation and proposed legislation to expand requirements.

  • Local Law 146 of 2013 requires certain commercial establishments to separate compostable material
  • The law is now out of step with the city's commitment to diversion of compostable waste
  • The commercial waste zone system will improve commercial diversion by requiring carters to charge less for recyclables and compost collection
  • The City Council is considering a bill to allow DSNY to require source separation at all commercial establishments
  • DSNY looks forward to working on this proposal to align commercial diversion with progress made in residential diversion
Javier Lojan
0:18:31
The ESNY would also like to raise the issue of commercial organic separation.
0:18:35
As we have done at the last half dozen council hearings, local law one forty six of 02/2013 requires certain commercial establishments to separate their compostable material, but this law is now substantially out of step with the city's commitment to diversion of compostable waste.
0:18:51
The commercial waste zone system will improve commercial diversion and that the s n y is requiring cars to charge business businesses less to collect recyclables and compost than to collect trash.
0:19:02
But we were thrilled to see that the council is considering a bill to allow DSNY to require source separation at all commercial establishments in line with the progress made in residential diversion.
0:19:12
We look forward to working with you on this proposal.
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