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NYC COMPOST PROJECT MISSION

The NYC Compost Project was created by the NYC Department of Sanitation in 1993 to provide compost outreach and education to NYC residents and businesses. Funded and managed through the Department of Sanitation’s Bureau of Waste Prevention, Reuse and Recycling, the NYC Compost Project programs are carried out by Department-funded staff at the City’s Botanical Gardens and the Lower East Side Ecology Center.

The NYC Compost Project develops and conducts many innovative programs to encourage residential and institutional composting. Each NYC Compost Project location hosts a home composting demonstration site and a composting telephone helpline, and offers a variety of compost-related workshops and classes for residents, teachers, school groups, groundskeepers, landscapers, and other interested parties. NYC Compost personnel and volunteers regularly disseminate composting and recycling information at thousands of community events, and offer compost bins for sale at cost to NYC residents.

NYC COMPOST PROJECT CONTACT INFO

Bronx Compost Project
The New York Botanical Garden
Bronx River Parkway at Fordham Rd.
Bronx, NY 10458-5126
compost helpline: (718) 817-8543
email: bronxgreenup@nybg.org
web: www.nybg.org/compost

Brooklyn Compost Project
Brooklyn Botanic Garden

1000 Washington Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11225
compost helpline: (718) 623-7290
workshop registration: (718) 623-7220
email: compost@bbg.org
web: www.bbg.org/compost

Manhattan Compost Project
Lower East Side Ecology Center
P.O. Box 20488
New York, NY 10009
compost helpline: (212) 477-3155
fax: (212) 420-0621
email: info@lesecologycenter.org
web: www.lesecologycenter.org

Queens Compost Project
Queens Botanical Garden
43-50 Main Street
Flushing, NY 11355
compost helpline: (718) 539-5296
email: compost@queensbotanical.org
web: www.queensbotanical.org/compost

Staten Island Compost Project
Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden
1000 Richmond Terrace
Staten Island, NY 10301
compost helpline: (718) 425-3558
workshop registration: (718) 425-3557
email: compost@snug-harbor.org
web: www.snug-harbor.org

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