Compost containers, dubbed “Smart Bins,” have appeared in Astoria and Lower Manhattan, opened by apps and key fobs. “You’ll never get the widespread participation in this program by focusing on bins that city residents have to drag scraps of food to.'
One of the new "Smart Bins" that appeared in Lower Manhattan earlier this monthThey arrived without warning on the street corners of Astoria and Lower Manhattan earlier this month: bright orange bins, next to the trash and recycling cans, soliciting food and yard scraps from passing pedestrians.
But for composting enthusiasts, the bins are little more than a bleak reminder of the de Blasio administration’s failings in the arena of organic recycling. Despite being a potent emitter of greenhouse gas, Mayor Bill de Blasio was cutting funding for the collection of food and yard scraps even before the pandemic — all but guaranteeing the city will fall well short of its goal to cut the waste sent to landfills by 90 percent by 2030.
Their purpose is to provide a round-the-clock location for New Yorkers to drop off their organic food waste, rather than waiting on the weekly green market. If successful, the program could expand to other neighborhoods by next year, forming a sort of “Citi Bike of compost,” according to sanitation department spokesperson Joshua Goodman.
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