Manhattan's Battery Park City runs a successful dog waste composting program open to all New Yorkers and their pups. "By composting the dog waste, we're sure about it not ending up in a landfill, not ending up in the stormwater drains or in waterways, and we're turning it into something that ultimately goes back into the soil," Ryan Torres, Vice President of Parks Operations for Battery Park City Authority, told NBC New York. Learn more here: nbcnewyork.com/news/local/__trashed-3/4263070 Video produced by: Kay Angrum #earthday #composting #dogs #pets #nyc #manhattan #batteryparkcity #environment #climatechange #weather #nbc4ny