Allan Gerlat, News Editor

January 14, 2014

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New York City Expanding Organic Waste Collection

New York City will expand its curbside collection of organic materials to parts of Queens and Brooklyn beginning in April.

The Department of Sanitation (DOS) said in a news release that the service will be rolled out to parts of three neighborhoods in Queens and five in Brooklyn. The DOS already provides organics collection in areas of Manhattan, Staten Island, the Bronx and Brooklyn.

The program affects single-family homes or buildings with nine or fewer residential units. The week before service begins, homes will receive a starter kit that includes a brochure detailing the program, a small kitchen container and a brown outdoor organics bin.

Residents can put organic waste from the home and yard in the brown organics bin.

“By launching our organics collection program, we will help the city reduce trash disposal costs and create renewable energy or compost – a natural fertilizer,” said Sanitation Commissioner John Doherty.

About the Author(s)

Allan Gerlat

News Editor, Waste360

Allan Gerlat joined the Waste360 staff in September 2011 as news editor. He was the editor of Waste & Recycling News for the first 16 years of its history, and under his guidance the publication won 27 national and regional awards.

Before Waste & Recycling News, Allan worked at another Crain Communications publication, Rubber & Plastics News, which covers rubber product manufacturing. He began with the publication as associate editor and eventually became managing editor, a position he held for nine years.

Allan is a graduate of Ohio University, where he earned a BS in journalism. He is based in Sagamore Hills, in northeast Ohio.

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