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I'm Matt Katz. I used to be a reporter here at WNYC, and today I'm sitting in for Brian.

Are you separating all of your organic waste from the regular trash?

In layman's terms, are you composting yet?

If you're a city resident and you're not composting,

well, you are supposed to be. That's right, since October, all residents are supposed to have

been separating all of their food scraps from the trash, but data shows that less than 5% of

the compostable waste is making it into those brown bins.

So in order to make more people comply, starting tomorrow, the city will start issuing fines

to property owners who aren't composting.

Here with me now to explain how this is all going to work and all the ins and outs of how to

compost according to the city rules.

And what the story will be in terms of fines for people who don't comply is Liam Quigley.

He's WNYC and Gothamist reporter covering parks and sanitation.

Hey, Liam, nice to talk to you again.

Hey, good morning.

Listeners, we're talking about the city's composting program, which, by the way, is mandatory, not optional.

So if you've got questions, and I'm sure you do give us a call or text us now.

And Liam from the WNYC and Gothamist Newsroom will try to answer them.

212-433 W-W-NYC. 21-4-33-0-9-6-9-2.

All right, Liam, so I should say first that I'm told whenever we talk about this on the air,

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