Gothamist
A non-profit newsroom, powered by WNYC.
Gothamist
Listen Live
recycling
Latest Articles Tagged "recycling"
News
As giant trash bins come to NYC, will the city’s garbage heaps become a thing of the past?
New details emerge on a $1.3-million pilot program that hopes to end the practice of dumping garbage and recycling bags onto sidewalks.
By
Sophia Chang
News
Adams scraps expansion of organics recycling, despite campaign promise
The mayor said he would expand collection of food and yard scraps when he was running. Now he's cutting the city's collection program.
By
Jake Offenhartz
News
311 Complaints Of Uncollected Trash Quadruple After NYC Launches New Vaccine Mandate
New Yorkers made 5,249 missed pickup reports between October 20th and October 26th, compared with just 1,109 a month earlier.
By
Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky
,
Gwynne Hogan
and
Caroline Lewis
News
Cuomo Renews Push For Plastic Bag Ban Across NY State
He also called for an expansion of the bottle bill, allowing many non-alcoholic containers to be redeemed for five cents.
By
Jen Chung
Food
NYC Wins Legal Battle To Ban Single-Use Styrofoam In 2019
The city passed a bill back in 2013 banning Styrofoam, but the ban has been tied up in court until now.
By
Andres O'Hara
Food
NYC Pauses Expansion Of Ambitious Residential Composting Program
Only about 3 percent of the organics waste produced by residents in the program is getting recycled.
By
Farnoush Amiri
News
NYC To Roll Out Citywide Single-Stream Recycling By 2020
The move is part of the city's commitment to the Paris Agreement on climate change.
By
Rebecca Fishbein
News
NYC's Commercial Recycling Rate Is Still Garbage
A new report finds that NYC's commercial recycling rate is only 22 percent.
By
Rebecca Fishbein
Arts & Entertainment
Photos, Videos: The Beautiful Trash Graveyard At The Sunset Park Recycling Plant
The Sunset Park facility processes three quarters of all the metal, plastic, and glass set out for recycling in NYC and, thanks to Open House New York, we got to watch it all in action.
By
Ben Yakas
News
Are Thousands Of Ritually Slaughtered Chickens Being Turned Into... Biodiesel?
Video appears to show many dead chickens destined for a company that renders them into biodiesel.
By
Nathan Tempey
Load More
Never miss a story
Catch up on the most important headlines with a roundup of essential NYC stories, delivered to your inbox daily.
Sign upEmail address
By submitting your information, you're agreeing to receive communications from New York Public Radio in accordance with our Terms .