NY S01000

Cities with a population of one million or more must establish a residential composting program for all residential buildings within one year of the law's effective date.

Program requirements include encouraging residents to separate compostable waste, establishing labeled containers with latching capabilities, and providing public education through signage, flyers, and training materials.

Building owners and managers must create accessible composting storage areas (within buildings when possible), maintain them to prevent nuisances, post municipal labels with sorting instructions, and ensure containers remain latched during storage.

Waste transporters must deliver collected organic waste to organics recyclers or transfer facilities (not to incinerators or landfills), and cities must regulate organics recyclers to protect water quality and human health.

Cities must submit annual reports to the Department of Environmental Conservation on compostable waste amounts collected and program costs; the department must post a statewide composting program report by 2024 and annually thereafter.