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Eric Adams: “In a two year rollout, the amount of composting material…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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New York City Mayor's Press Conference on Crime Reduction, Migrant Crisis, and Economic Initiatives

Published | Video Starts at 46:50

Not only, you know, because we want to do citations as a way of taxation, but to people to be engaged. You know, we're having a real environmental issue. And, you know, when you look at, In a two year rollout, the amount of composting material diverted from landfill went up 65%. And if we can get people to normalize that of composting their food straps, it is good for our environment and it is make good sense on how we use those items that won't fall into our landfills. (46:50–46:58)

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