New York City Sets Goal of Sending Zero Waste to Landfills by 2030

New York City’s Department of Sanitation (DSNY) re-branded its NYC Zero Waste municipal recycling program, reflecting the program’s goal of sending zero waste to landfills by 2030, the department said in a Thursday announcement. Common household trash “goes into landfills, where it decomposes -- sending methane, carbon dioxide and toxins into our air, soil and water,” DSNY said. The new program, dubbed 0X30, will minimize that, DSNY said, in part through the e-cycleNYC e-waste takeback initiative, which recently expanded to drop-off locations in each of the city’s five boroughs (see 1512040019).