They must now separate food waste into compost bins or face the wrath of the city’s garbage police, who will be digging through trash looking for verboten coffee grounds and onion peels.

New York City starts enforcing its new compost rules today. All food scraps, food-soiled paper and yard waste must be separated from the garbage and set out for composting. The new rules took ...

For those who have been trashing New York City's recent composting law, you've been given a brief window to get on board — or else the fines will start to roll in. New York City's waste ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — City officials said Tuesday that they want to quell any rumors or conspiracy theories around the Department of Sanitation’s curbside composting program. Enforcement of ...

New York City residents who don’t abide by the city’s compost rules will be fined beginning on Tuesday, April 1. All New Yorkers must separate their organic refuse from their ordinary ...

As new composting fines go into effect for property owners, building tenants have a new responsibility of having to separate their food scraps before taking out their trash and recycling.