The city will pilot automatic, optional curbside pickup across Queens after lagging behind promises to collect compost.
Tag: Waste Materials and Disposal
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How New York City Hopes to Win Its Long, Losing War on Trash
Can social media and rat-resistant receptacles help clean up the city?
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Not Just Any Bag
A New York company, Anybag, finds an elegant way to turn plastic bag waste into a functional tote. Miranda Kerr, Adidas and Ralph Lauren are fans.
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How to Protect Bristol Bay’s Salmon for the Long Haul
E.P.A. action, legislation and land conservation together can permanently protect Alaska’s Bristol Bay, the salmon and a way of life.
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Meet the Peecyclers. Their Idea to Help Farmers Is No. 1.
A shortage of chemical fertilizer, worsened by the war in Ukraine, has growers desperate. It just so happens that human urine has the very nutrients that crops need.