Following a year-long hiatus, curbside composting is returning to Greenpoint in Fall 2021!
This fall, the New York Department of Sanitation (DSNY) will collect food scraps, food-soiled paper, and yard waste and turn it into compost or renewable energy. Composting helps make New York City a more sustainable urban environment, by reducing waste sent to landfills and instead creating clean, renewable energy to heat or power local homes.
Unlike standard trash pick up, DSNY’s compost…
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This is so confusing to sign up fo curbside composting. 311 blew me off. No help at all
I had a problem with the online form!
311 isn’t working.
I can’t seem to find the link to sign up for curbside composting.
https://dsny.force.com/curbsidecomposting/s/
I sent in several questions and suggestions after the last composting webinar. No acknowledgment or reply as of yet.
Online form doesn’t work. Thanks, NYC.
How do I get the containers?
and the decals ?