Compost Givebacks

You give us your yard waste and food scraps, and we turn it into compost — then give it back.

Residents

NYC residents are eligible to receive free compost made in New York at one of our Compost Giveback Events.

Registration is required. Limit ONE ticket per person. If carpooling, each person must bring their ticket and present ID showing a distinct address.

NOTE: This is for NYC residents ONLY, not businesses. Commercial vehicles will not be serviced.

Staten Island Compost Facility

600 West Service Road, Staten Island, NY 10314

• Wednesdays & Saturdays from May 1st - September 28th
  Registration opens two weeks before each event
  

Brooklyn and Queens

Priority will be given to Brooklyn and Queens residents.

Register (choose one date):

• Thursday, May 16 - Bensonhurst
  Bensonhurst Park

• Thursday, May 23 - Bedford-Stuyvesant
  Herbert Von King Park

• Saturday, May 25 - Rosedale
  Brookville Park

• Thursday, June 6 - Douglaston
  Alley Pond Park

• Saturday, June 8 - Marine Park
  Marine Park

• Thursday, June 13 - Coney Island
  Kaiser Park

• Thursday, June 20 - Williamsburg
  McCarren Park Demonstration Garden
  

• Thursday, June 27 - Middle Village
  Juniper Valley Park

• Thursday, July 11 - Park Slope
  Old Stone House / Washington Park

• Saturday, July 13 - Fresh Meadows
  Cunningham Park

• Thursday, July 18 - Crown Heights
  Brower Park

• Thursday, July 25 - Corona
  Flushing Meadows Corona Park

• Thursday, August 1 - Flushing
  Kissena Park Velodrome

• Thursday, August 8 - Bay Ridge
  Owl's Head Park

• Saturday, August 10 - Little Neck
  Queens County Farm Museum

• Thursday, August 15 - Forest Park
  Forest Park

• Thursday, August 22 - Prospect Heights
  Dr. Ronald McNair Park

• Thursday, August 29 - Astoria
  Astoria Park

Nonprofit Organizations

Community gardens, nonprofits & city agencies can request an appointment to pick up bulk compost or to have pallets of bagged compost delivered to their location for free.

NOTE: No commercial requests.

Bulk only

Request an appointment to pick up bulk compost.

Bagged only

We deliver bagged compost to nonprofit organizations each spring.

This spring, compost delivery appointments have already been reserved by 200 eligible groups. We are no longer taking requests for bagged compost delivery at this time.