about the nyc compost project
Bronx Compost Project
The New York Botanical Garden
Bronx River Parkway at Fordham Rd.
Bronx, NY 10458-5126
The NYC Compost Project was created by the New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) in 1993 to provide compost outreach and education to City 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 discount to NYC residents, subsidized by DSNY.
Learn about these NYC Compost Project programs:
composting workshops
compost givebacks: free compost and discounted compost bin sales
"leave it on the lawn": putting grass clippings to work
master composter certificate course
nyc teacher "wormshops": worm composting for the classroom
landscaper training
Learn about these other DSNY composting programs:
turning leaf & yard waste into compost
christmas tree composting
rikers island food waste composting facility
pilot projects & studies
The NYC Compost Project is funded by the Department of Sanitation.
Contact Information
Bronx Compost Project
The New York Botanical Garden
Bronx River Parkway at Fordham Rd.
Bronx, NY 10458-5126
compost helpline: (718) 817-8543
fax: (718) 817-8018
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
fax: (718) 941-4774
email: compost@bbg.org
web: www.bbg.org
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
fax: (718) 463-0263
email: compost@queensbotanical.org
web: www.queensbotanical.org
Staten Island Compost Project
Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden
1000 Richmond Terrace
Staten Island, NY 10301
compost helpline: (718) 425-3558
fax: (718) 815-0198
email: compost@snug-harbor.org
web: www.snug-harbor.org
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