Last Tuesday Councilman Andrew Cohen held a forum with the Department of Sanitation about the introduction of an organics recycle pilot program in Community Board 8. The Riverdale and Fieldston areas down to West 238th Street on the east side of the Henry Hudson Parkway, and all the way down to the bridge on the west side of the parkway. This however is for 2700 homeowners and small 1 - 9 unit buildings only. Above is the container that will be given out by the DSNY to hold food scraps and other organic waste so they do not have to go to landfills and can be recycled.
Here you can see the actual size of the container which is next to the DSNY organic waste program presenter. Questions raised were how to line the container as not to attract vermin, and the lid snaps closed was the answer. People were also told they could use empty pizza boxes or other food soaked paper for the bottom, but the container will have to be cleaned often. The aim of the DSNY is to cut down on the amount of garbage that is being sent to landfills. If this program is successful citywide up to 15 percent of the current garbage sent to landfills will be recycled.
