DSNY to expand recycled organics collection program into Sunset Park
Don’t trash those potato skins!
A pilot program to provide voluntary curbside pickup for recycled organics, aka composting material, is set to expand in southwest Brooklyn by April and May, 2014, according to the Department of Sanitation (DSNY), which kicked off the program last September in Greenwood Heights and Windsor Terrace to mostly positive feedback.
The program will roll out in parts of Sunset Park, as well as Park Slope, Gowanus and Bay Ridge this spring, with once-a-week curbside pick-up from brown bins provided by DOS and/or clear plastic bags. Recycled organic materials include food scraps, food-soiled paper, and leaf and yard waste. A citywide roll-out is planned for 2015.