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31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
One of the top environmental challenges for the new administration of Mayor Eric Adams and a mostly new City Council led by Speaker Adrienne Adams is to establish a sensible program for collecting and sustainably disposing of household organics – food scraps, yard waste and food soil [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
The New York State Health Department has issued a new waiver that will allow New York City to continue to avoid having to filter its Catskill and Delaware drinking water supplies—staving off, at least for now, the multi-billion dollar costs of filtering the primary water supply for more than 9.5 [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
The DeBlasio Administration, seeking to dispel criticism that it broke one of its cornerstone sustainability promises, has announced plans to restore voluntary food waste composting opportunities in the nation’s largest city. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
In New York’s latest move to curb the ever-growing amount of plastic trash, the City Council is about to enact legislation that will prohibit restaurants from providing plastic straws to customers, except on request. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
Governor Kathy Hochul has signed legislation making New York only the second state in the nation to require that carpet manufacturers establish a convenient program for collection and recycling of discarded and unused carpeting. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
Here’s how you can stand up for community composting and make your voice heard at Friday’s New York City Council hearing. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
As the New York City Council and Mayor Bill DeBlasio hammer out the final details of their FY ’21 budget, perhaps the most sensible action they could take to curb global warming emissions and advance environmental justice is to restore $7 million to rescue the city’s organics collection Communit [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
The New York City Council is poised to enact legislation that would dramatically reshape the system for collecting and handling trash from businesses, restaurants and other commercial establishments in the nation’s largest city. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
In one of the most significant efforts in years to reduce the amount of waste generated in the Empire State, New York officials have adopted legislation that will ban single-use plastic carryout bags and allow cities and counties to place a five-cent fee on paper carryout bags. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
Momentum is building in the New York City Council to pass legislation that would require restaurants to provide plastic utensils, condiments, chopsticks, napkins and plastic plates to take-out customers only upon request. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
In a move to throttle down on waste, litter and pollution, the New York City Council has adopted legislation that would place a five-cent fee on paper carryout bags distributed at supermarkets and other retail outlets in the nation’s largest city. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
April 22 marks the 52nd anniversary of the first Earth Day, when millions of Americans poured into the streets, participated in teach-ins on college campuses, and engaged in civic activities to demonstrate their support for clean air and water, pollution-free neighborhoods, and a healthy planet f [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
Momentum is building for legislation that would lock in a curbside food scraps and yard waste composting collection program for all residents across the nation’s largest city. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
The New York City Council has passed, and Mayor Eric Adams has signed, legislation that will prevent large volumes of mostly plastic, unrecyclable waste from being generated by take-out food orders in the nation’s largest city. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
Public water suppliers across New York State will be required to test for and ultimately slash harmful levels of the synthetic organic chemicals PFOA and PFOS in drinking water, according to new rules just adopted by State Health officials. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
The City Council has moved one step closer to enacting legislation that would require restaurants to provide plastic utensils, condiments and napkins to take-out customers only on request in the nation’s largest city. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
The proposed cutbacks to expansion of New York City’s voluntary composting programs, which are included in Mayor Eric Adams’ preliminary budget, make one thing crystal clear: [read post]
