NYC Council Introduction 1236

intro.nyc/1236-2025 2024-2025 Legislative Session
Converting the mandatory residential curbside organics collection program to a voluntary program.
Status: Committee Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
Sponsored by David M. Carr
Introduced: April 10, 2025

This bill would require NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY) to remove organic waste from the city’s list of designated recyclable materials, to repeal agency rules mandating participation in and facilitation of the City’s residential organic waste recycling program, and to repeal any mandatory organic waste recycling program and replace it with a similar voluntary program.