'Ick': rats, roaches and rank smells dampen NYC composting program
by Joanna Walters in New York and agencies from Environment | The Guardian on (#40B8A)
Plans to expand program are on hold as gag-inducing pong and vermin are holding back residents, foodies and hipsters from saving food scraps
It was meant to be an ambitious environmental program but efforts at composting in New York are breaking down amid rats, roaches and rank smells.
New Yorkers are relatively good at recycling but an "ick factor" is holding them back from saving food scraps for reprocessing, the authorities admitted.
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