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Deputy Commissioner Goodman explains the purpose of organic composting
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Council Member Vickie Paladino questions the purpose and importance of organic composting. Deputy Commissioner Joshua Goodman provides a detailed explanation of the benefits and uses of composting organic waste.
- Goodman outlines three potential outcomes for food and yard waste: finished compost, renewable energy, or waste
- He emphasizes that composting can produce free, usable material for gardens and reduce heating costs through renewable energy production
- The deputy commissioner frames composting as a way to derive value from waste and reduce overall costs
- Goodman also mentions additional state camera funding allocated for Paladino's area by Senator Stavitsky
Vickie Paladino
1:56:50
What is the purpose?
1:56:52
I'm I'm dying to know.
1:56:54
Why is everybody all caught up with this organic composting?
Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
1:56:58
Well Can you help me with that?
Vickie Paladino
1:57:00
I mean, really, what's the big deal?
1:57:02
I'm not understanding.
1:57:04
I mean, we used we have an area in College Point that they make out of the waste.
1:57:10
People bring it and they compost.
Shaun Abreu
1:57:11
Keep it down keep it down, please.
1:57:13
Committee room.
1:57:14
Thank you, guys.
Vickie Paladino
1:57:14
What's that?
Shaun Abreu
1:57:15
Can you ask your question?
Vickie Paladino
1:57:16
That is my question.
1:57:17
Okay.
1:57:17
What's the purpose of composting?
Joshua Goodman
1:57:18
Council member, I'm happy to just talk through the purpose of it quickly.
1:57:22
The right now, there are three things that can happen to your food waste or your yard waste.
1:57:27
Remember, it's everything from your kitchen and everything from your garden.
1:57:30
Right?
1:57:30
It's, you know, you redo your lawn, all that stuff can go out as compostable waste too.
1:57:35
There are three things that can happen to it.
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It can either become finished compost that we give away for free.
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You could use it for your your garden next year, garden next year.
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It can become renewable energy, keeps our heating costs low because we produce it here in the city.
1:57:48
It does help it's cheaper than gas off the grid.
1:57:51
For sure it is.
1:57:53
And then the third thing that it can become is nothing.
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It can be rat food that sits out at the curb or goes to a landfill and goes to waste.
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This is just a way for us to take something that has value and say, let's put it to work for us.
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Let's use it to keep our costs down.
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So that's the purpose of it.
1:58:08
And I also do just want to mention on your question about enforcement.
1:58:11
We talked before about the state camera funding from Senator Prasad.
1:58:15
You may know there's state camera funding coming to your area as well.
1:58:17
Senator Stavitsky allocated some.
1:58:19
So you're also, whenever the state releases that money, getting additional cameras.