Save Our Compost
Environmental Justice, Save Our Compost
PROBLEM
It’s 2021, and NYC doesn’t yet have a fully functioning, sustainable, and equitable solid waste system. We are still sending millions of tons of recyclable waste to landfills and incinerators, with negative consequences for climate change and pollution in our communities.
VISIONS FOR THE FUTURE
- Doubling down on “zero waste” policies and green infrastructure (rather than abandoning them in the name of short-term budget savings)
- Advocating to make sure that all New Yorkers can compost their food waste, regardless of what community or type of building they live in.
- Creating good, local jobs in composting and recycling sectors by diverting far more of our waste from landfills.
- Enacting policies to get more food to hungry New Yorkers before it ends up in a garbage bin and a landfill.
ACTION
- Take action today! Ensure your building is participating in voluntary food scrap composting program and help us fight for universal composting services.
- Make sure your building or home signs up to participate in the City’s voluntary food scrap composting program.
- Tell the City Council to pass a bill setting a timeline to scale up to universal composting services including all businesses, NYCHA buildings, offices, and stores.
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LATEST NEWS
NYLPI Joined Elected Officials and Transit and Disability Advocates at a Congestion Pricing Rally
Crain’s New York Health Pulse: Karina Albistegui Adler Talks Organ Transplant Equity Alongside Councilmember Narcisse
NYLPI’s Justin Wood Quoted in NYC Comptroller’s Report on Inequity of City Service Concentration
RESOURCES
WAKE UP AND SMELL THE FUMES: HOW SCHOOL BUS IDLING HARMS CHILDREN AND COMMUNITIES
DESPIERTE Y HUELA LOS HUMOS: CÓMO EL RALENTÍ DE LOS AUTOBUSES ESCOLARES PERJUDICA A LOS NIÑOS Y A LAS COMUNIDADES
Press Release: Labor Unions, Advocates, and Electeds Call on Governor Hochul to Include Green Transit and Green Jobs In Upcoming State Budget
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