Brian Laird on WNYC, and now it being Tuesday, we turn to our climate story of the week,

which we're doing every Tuesday on the show all this year.

Today we're going to talk about New York City's composting program, which had already been

operational in Brooklyn and Queens, so some of you are familiar with it, and it just expanded

a couple of weeks ago to Manhattan, Staten Island, and the Bronx.

So that means all New York City residents are now required to separate your food scraps and yard waste from your trash.

Good for the climate.

Good for the earth.

But we know this is new to many of you.

And like, yeah, composting, I know it's good, but what do I do exactly?

And what should I not do exactly?

So we're going to help you out with that with composting tips and tricks and we'll take your calls to help with that.

And we also have a great guest to help with that.

It's Hillary Howard, New York Times reporter covering how the New York City region is adapting to climate change and other environmental

challenges. Hilary, thanks for coming on today.

My pleasure. Hi.

And listeners, you can help with this too. You know, some of the things we'll talk about with

Hillary might even be new or helpful to experience composters, but also some of you experience composters are welcome

to call in with your own tips and tricks for the newbies as well as questions.

212-433 WNYC, 212-433-9692.

All right, Hillary, to start with one of the basics, what can go into the bins, the composting bins?

Well, it depends on where and how you're composting.

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