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City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York City

NYC Makes it Mandatory for Residential Buildings to Recycle Food Waste

The City Council on Thursday passed a “groundbreaking” legislative package that forces the city to divert food-based garbage away from landfills and reuse it instead for environmentally friendly purposes, like composting and generating cleaner energy. But there’s much more to do for the city to reach its Zero Waste goals.

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More climate & environmental news:

Amid Air Quality Crisis, Officials Urge People Indoors. What About Street Homeless New Yorkers?
Air pollution is an added stressor for vulnerable populations who already suffer disproportionately from underlying health effects, including the estimated thousands of unhoused New Yorkers living on the city’s streets, experts say.
Opinion: Environmental Stewardship is a Collective Commitment. Mandatory Composting Will Help Us All Do Our Part
“It’s not just enough to realize it is our hands that have created the ecological disaster our world faces, but it is also our responsibility to address it.”

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