Most city residents are supposed to start separating compostable food and garden scraps from their trash in all five boroughs Oct. 6 — but if their recycling track record is any indication, it may be an uphill battle.
The new composting measure, passed by the City Council last year, has been touted as a “key” part of the Big Apple’s war on rats , according to Gotham’s Department of Sanitation.
“Curbside composting fights rats and helps the planet,” Sanit Commissioner Jessica Tisch said in a statement.
Food scraps, leaf and other garden waste and food-soiled paper will all be accepted on regular recycling days year-round as part of the new composting collection across the city, the agency said.
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