NYC Compost Project

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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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