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Database research record2023·United States

Three NYC Composting Failures That Reflect Troubling National Trends

Jordan Ashby, Clarissa Libertelli

Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR)

Urban Farm DB summary

Just after NYC announced expansion of mandatory residential organics collection by 2024, the mayor's office eliminated funding for the city's community composting program. The article identifies three failures reflecting national trends: government 'composting' programs that actually rely on anaerobic digestion, centralized processing that concentrates environmental burdens in vulnerable neighborhoods, and mandatory government programs undercutting community composters' viability.

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  • 75 %

    neighborhood share of waste(waste processing concentration)

    Policy
    region
    3 NYC neighborhoods
    year
    2018
  • 200 t

    daily tonnage(food scrap transfer station)

    Policy
    region
    Williamsburg transfer station, New York City
    year
    2023
  • 200 count↓ Decrease

    customer loss count(community composter customer loss)

    EconomicsControl: customers before city smart-bin rollout
    region
    BK ROT, New York City
    year
    2023
  • 45,000 count

    signatures(composting program cuts petition)

    Social
    region
    New York City
    year
    2023
  • 30 %↓ Decrease

    customer loss rate(community composter customer loss)

    EconomicsControl: residential customers before LA green bin program
    region
    Compostable LA, Los Angeles
    year
    2023

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  • Equity / gentrificationContradicts
  • Policy and governanceContradictsWith caveats

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