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Impact of proposed bill on organic waste separation for businesses
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Council Member Abreu discusses his proposed bill to expand organic waste separation requirements for businesses and its potential impact on composting rates in the Queens Central zone.
- DSNY Acting Commissioner Javier Lojan expresses support for the bill, stating it will help improve composting rates.
- The current law is described as confusing, with Abreu's bill expected to simplify and expand requirements.
- Council Member Abreu requests more data on businesses currently required to compost and their compliance rates, which DSNY does not have readily available.
Shaun Abreu
1:35:38
Do you think that the passage of the bill I've introduced on separation of organics for business would improve that number?
Javier Lojan
1:35:47
Absolutely that's one of the things that I think will definitely help.
1:35:51
I think the previous local law was a little bit you know made a little bit too confusing.
1:35:58
You know a lot of different variables I think your your bills definitely will help that.
Shaun Abreu
1:36:05
Would you think 2% even without my bill expanding the scope 2% is still low within the cover businesses under the law.
1:36:13
So how would I don't know if you caught that commission.
Javier Lojan
1:36:17
I I apologies it's I stand corrected it's 2% have signed up for organics collection it wasn't 2% diversion.
Shaun Abreu
1:36:26
Okay.
1:36:26
So okay, what is the diversion?
Javier Lojan
1:36:29
We don't have that number right now.
Shaun Abreu
1:36:32
We need that number on diversion and I would also like to know why only 2% have signed up.
1:36:39
Why what do you attribute that number to?
Javier Lojan
1:36:43
Well, I I I think aside from I don't know why anybody would wanna save, you know, money on the rate, but I think it's not mandatory for them to recycle, which I think your bill will help that as you mentioned before.
Shaun Abreu
1:36:57
What per I mean, you may not know the exact percentage, but under law as it is right now, what percentage of businesses under CWZ are required to compost?
Neil Eisenberg
1:37:16
We we don't have those current numbers of which how businesses are required to to compost today.
Shaun Abreu
1:37:22
Because that would give me a better understanding of that that would give me a better understanding of why the composting you know to see which businesses are subject to the requirement and figuring out of those businesses subject to the requirement how many of them are actually participating.
1:37:39
In past hearings we've asked about like fining for composting you know for businesses and I don't think we got data for that.
1:37:47
So I just need to, we just need to get more data on this.