Mary Ellen Sullivan supports public organic waste receptacles and Intro 987
Mary Ellen Sullivan, representing the Solid Waste Advisory Boards of New York City, supports more public organic waste receptacles in community districts. She says Intro 401 should involve community composters and that Intro 987 should allow BIDs and associations to request bins for recycling, organics, and trash.
Thank you.
The Solid Waste Advisory Boards of New York City support placing more public receptacles for organic waste in our community districts.
According to statistics posted in Track NYC Trash, the capture rate for residential organics is averaging about 77%.
For a calendar year to date 2026.
While the imposition of fines for non-participation in organics has restarted,
data shows no significant jumps in participation.
Until the DSNY consistently and comprehensively finds buildings for noncompliance, there'll be many New York City residents without convenient access to organics recycling.
For these residents, more public organic bins would be convenient and a way for them to participate.
Intro 401 calls for DSNY to place and service 25 bins in each community district.
The swabs believe that community composters should also be involved.
As Mayor Momdani calls for increased greenways to soak up the city's increasing rainfall, the demand for compost and mulch
in New York City will increase.
And New York City's food scraps, yard waste, and our network of local composters could be a major asset in helping solve this challenge.
Regarding Intro 987, the Solid Waste Advisory Board strongly support associations such as BIDS and other associations to get on-street stationary bins for waste.
We want them to go a step further.
There shouldn't just be bins for waste.
We should also have them for recycling, organics, and trash.
The people that do these kind of cleanup activities care deeply about waste policy, and this would respect their commitment.
If New York City truly wants its residents to regularly dispose of waste in the most beneficial fashion, then recycling can't be a sometime thing.
It must be an everyday, every place thing.
The council can take a step in this direction by providing bids in association with stationary bins.
for all types of waste that DSNY regularly collects.
On Intro 401, the Solid Waste Advisory Boards of New York City support the development of a fair and transparent process for the removal, introduction, and reintroduction of public litter and recycling baskets.
Thank you.