Dossier
Sanitation Department
Coverage of Sanitation Department in the Nexus archive.
- Op-Ed | Poop dreams: We must expand the SCOOP Act to set up dedicated dog waste dispensers with compostable bags
New York City faces a growing dog waste problem with over 600,000 dogs producing 80,000 tons of waste annually. The proposed expansion of the SCOOP Act aims to address this by replacing plastic bags with compostable ones and establishing dedicated dispensers, citing Battery Park City's successful composting model as a scalable solution.