Local Law 85 of 2023 amended Administrative Code section 16-308 to require Department of Sanitation curbside organics collection in all five boroughs by October 6, 2024, with mandatory source separation and DSNY enforcement starting April 1, 2025.
Local Law 85 of 2023 finished what Local Law 77 of 2013 started by mandating universal curbside organics service across all five boroughs. Queens started October 2022, Brooklyn March 2023, Bronx and Staten Island October 2023, and Manhattan October 2024. Effective April 1, 2025, DSNY enforces source separation under Admin Code section 16-308 and 16 RCNY chapter 1: residents and managers must place food scraps, food-soiled paper, and yard waste in a labeled brown bin or DSNY-approved container with a secure lid. Buildings of 30 or more units must provide indoor and curbside collection. Restaurants subject to Local Law 146 of 2013 must arrange private organics carting through licensed Business Integrity Commission haulers.
Buildings missing organics separation face DSNY summonses of $25 for first offense, $50 for second, and $100 for third within 12 months. Buildings of nine or more units lacking brown bins receive immediate $100 fines plus $300 inspection-refusal summonses.
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