From the EVG inbox yesterday…
The NYC Compost Project hosted by the Lower East Side Ecology Center is starting a commuter compost drop- off site at the west side of 1st Avenue between E. Houston and 1st St. It will be open Monday thru Friday 8 A.M. till 11 A.M.
Commuters are encouraged to bring their acceptable food waste to this drop-off site. Acceptable food waste includes:
• Fruits and vegetable scraps
• Coffee grounds, filters & paper tea bags
• Breads and grains
• Egg and nutshells
• Stale beans, flours and spices
• Cut or dried flowers
• Houseplants and potting soil
The collected food waste will be brought to the host site’s facilities at the East River Park for composting. The finished compost will be distributed to local community gardens, street tree stewardship and other community development purposes. This is a great opportunity for community members to easily reduce their bulk waste and help support the city's efforts to do the same.
3 comments:
This makes me so happy! I'm very proud to be living in a home that composts.
The folks running the compost project at El Sol Brillante on 12th between A and B told me they are set up to take meat and dairy scraps as well as all the things listed above, they use some kind of bran to break down all kinds of foodstuffs.
Gojira - Is there anything on the internet about composting at El Sol Brillante? Days/Hours/etc?
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