The article criticizes New York City's composting mandate, labeling it as an impractical and costly initiative. It argues that in addition to diverting tax dollars and increasing operational costs, the composting program exacerbates urban challenges such as space limitations, especially for apartment dwellers. The enforcement of the law is also questioned, since it burdens landlords and superintendents with a responsibility they did not agree to. Public outrage over the program has led to a temporary cessation of fines, yet the mandate remains in effect.
Composting is the most nonsensical form of municipal recycling: It delivers little, if any, environmental benefit at the highest cost.
Whatever its appeal to suburbanites with yards and gardens, composting is absurdly impractical in a city - especially one facing a massive budget deficit.
How are landlords and the superintendents of large buildings supposed to enforce the law? Unlike the city's inspectors, they never signed up to be trash detectives.
It attracts rats to compost facilities, puts more fuel-burning trucks on the road and diverts tax dollars from what was once a core priority of the Department of Sanitation.
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