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P b 1 1 P Green Map Inwood Hill Nature Center Bronx ABOUT THIS MAP: 218th & Indian Rd. Every day, more New Yorkers are com- of Large-scale worm bin for community j & Center’s food . Educational posting. Almost 200 community gar- Worms in the Green Apple j dens offer Manhattanites a great place portable worm bin, too. New Jersey to start composting. Most compost their 2 j 2 j 6 yard waste and members’ food waste to GREEN MAP LEGEND Riverside-Inwood Neighborhood 3 S improve the soil and help plants thrive. Fort Tryon Only : Sites welcome public drop offs! : Garden (RING) Park Public Composting Site This map features j with compost and Dyckman, Riverside & triangle St atenIsland j 4 j education programs. j are a wonder- S School with Composting 3 compost bins, 2 wire holding ful way to create community and clean pens & worm bin. Schools program, P Environmental Center air, too. Citywide, find the closest jat butterflies and more. : â 0 Greenmarket 5 OasisNYC.net. 3 S . j To grow or know more, Q Great Views Our Lady Queen of Martyrs School 179 S â GreenThumbNYC.org â NYRP.org treet b 71 Arden St. â GreenGuerillas.org â TPL.org Parklands/Recreation Area â â Composting cafeteria waste in rooftop j MoreGardens.org cenyc.org j High Bridge Community Garden garden. Park Indoors, compost can be made in a . j Rooftop Garden 4 j Q worm bin (details on reverse). Offices, g Native Plants Riley-Levin Children’s Garden schools, cafés and food shops are com- Swindler Cove Park j posting, why not you? 6 Solar Energy j â River Drive & Dyckman St. j NYCcompost.org provides great work- ó Special Household Waste Station Compost bin in children’s garden. shops & givebacks citywide. In Manhat- tan, check â LESecologycenter.org â Info Resources Online 5 : j j j West 181st Street j j j j Beautification Project j j j 0 1 2 j j 18 : Q 880 W. 181st St. j j Scale: 1 1/8inch = 1mile 14 La Plaza Cultural Armando Perez Public drop off. Compost in beautiful j 5 St j 9th Street & community garden with youth j reet 3 bin system with tumbler for mem- leadership program. j St. Nicholas bers only. Great art & amphitheater! : j 6 Park j : j West 124th Street Community 19 Lower Ecology Garden j Icons © Green Map System, Inc. 2008 All rights reserved. j Between Lenox & Fifth Aves. j Center Garden j 12 E. 7th St. btw Aves. B & C (north side) Small but growing bin system and Morningside 5 Street 6 : Public drop off, any time through gate 8 j 6 workshops in Spanish & English! Park S 7 j j opening. Community garden open j Rodale Pleasant Park Garden 7 S j j j Marcus j year-round: Sundays 8am to 5pm. 437 E. 114th St. 116 Street Garvey PS 76 A.P. Randolph School jPark j j S Three bin composters for yard and j j 20 220 W. 121st St. j j j j j tumbler for members’ food waste built j j Franklin Roosevelt PS 34 Fun Roly Pig compost bin and Amsterdam j j by NY Restoration Project, with rain- j j j 730 E. 12th St. yard waste system. j water and straw-bale shed! j Educational composting in historical j j j 8 j garden setting. 9 b g Riverside j Park j 21 j g Conservancy 9 b 10 j Compost Drive, near E. 105th St. behind 6 Streetj 6B Garden & 6BC Garden j j E. 6th St. & Ave. B, corner & mid-block Broadway j j CPC all the Park’s yard Composting their own yard waste and j waste in windrows. Everything from j garden members’ food waste. j fallen leaves to algae from the ponds! j S j 22 10 S . Central Earth School Park 86 600 E. 6th St. High School for Environmental Studies Street 444 W. 56th St. Outdoor bins in school’s garden for yard waste & students’ food waste. Worm bins in classrooms, garden waste composting on the green roof 23 b Q & even a composting club. Park 72 10 S Street Delancey St. & FDR Drive 11 j g LESEC’s custom-built in-vessel food Clinton Community Garden waste system composts waste collect- West 48th St. btw 9th and 10th Aves. j open ed from their public drop off sites. A “green sanctuary” since 1978 with j j j 59 P b Street 24 composting, bee hives and flower, j ue 11 j Grand St. Fireboat House native plant and vegetable gardens. Broadway Grand St. & FDR Drive ó5 OpenGreenMap.org/compostnyc 12 5th Aven LESEC’s Environmen- 42 3rd Avenue An interactive Composting Green tal Learning Center. Compost & ecol- NYC Department of Sanitation Eleven Ave. Street e. Map is starting to take shape. v ogy workshops & events, year-round! A United Nations Special Household Waste Bryant Right now, you can explore and 23 St Garden Drop Off Station .ParkNinth add your own videos, images, in- 25 S 20 St Eighth Ave. sights and impacts to Manhattan’s 605 W. 30th St. btw 11 & 12 Aves 12ó . PS 134 34 Street Check for info and open hours at compost sites. Starting in Spring 293 East Broadway

â Madison 2009, the map goes citywide! NYC.gov/wasteless Madison East River Classroom worm bins & garden Tenth Ave. Square Find more and participate online. 23 StreSquare compost site in development. Seventh Ave. S . e 13 et 17 St. 14 St . S 23 26 The School of the Future St S ree 127 E. 22nd St. 14 13 t Stre Greenwich Ave. ixth Avenu S e e Locations in Lower Manhatan Vermicomposting of local business et : P 16 nu 14 waste and green roof! Union W 12 St. 14 e NYU’s 13 dining halls began com- Hudson St j ree Union ond Av t ing c Washington Square Square posting in 2008. Averaging 15 tons 14 P 6 Irv Se Third Av l. per day, find out more about their Bleecker b Solar One j . P 15 W 10 St r campus-wide greening program at E. 23rd St. & FDR Drive WashingtonChristophe â 23 St W 4 St. 10 St 12 St NYU.edu/sustainability.. S Street West . Educational worm bin for food waste. 28 Square S . 26 8 St. j University S j A 27 Green building and arts, too! Washington j 14 Seventh Ave. j B St Square j r St. Mark Ave jj eet PS 2 23 15 b g Ho C Street ust s j Ave 122 Henry St. Clarkson on St 17 j r Eastj River Ave eet Bleeker 6 St : S Classroom worm bins. Park . Tompkins18 j 20 E. 18th – 23rd St. & FDR Drive King Square St. : S Varick 19 R 28 3-bin compost system for yard waste, j 3 St. Van Dam j Broadway Hudson 21 FD mid-park. Riverside refreshment! y j City As School CanSpring S al S Boweryj j j22 Hudson River tre Housto j East River 16 Clarkson St. : 0 Canal Steet et 1 St. 16 Park n j j j j Park D Broadwa jP j Project Grow composting Union Square Greenmarket Sara D jj j ayette Roosevelt j Varick f j j Ave entrepreneurship program. City Hall Vestry Stanto j Park d 17th St. & Park Ave. South La j Park Laight j j n n Hamilton Fish j b 29 b Q Public drop off & compost outreach j Park j 29 Greenwich Ave. j j j j Alle j Orchar at LESEC’s stand, every MWF & Sat. Rivington Battery Park City N. Moore Delanceyj Broadway 8am to 5pm. Get this map here! Franklin Bro Conservancy W. Hester om Ludlow e b Church Essex Grand 23 Battery Park Pl. & Thames St. j 6 Canal 17 Tho Hudson Street mas Seward Advanced compostBowery systems for office

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reet South St Why Compost in NYC? Getting Started! It’s nature’s way of recycling! Compost forms when biodegradable matter (listed below) It’s easy! Separate your food waste (see below) from the rest of your in a reused decomposes. The result is a dark, crumbly material that looks and feels like soil and plastic shopping bag. You can store it in the freezer (no smell!). If you can’t have your own has an earthy smell. It’s much more! Mixed with soil, worm bin indoors or outside, bring it to a :public food waste compost slowly releases organic nutrients and improves water composting site on this map in your tote bag, bike basket or retention, benefiting houseplants, window boxes, gardens, rolling suitcase. Or join a j community garden! parks and street trees. Go further! Ecology Center offers free The average NYC household discards two pounds of workshops: backyard composting, indoor vermicomposting, organic waste each day. Citywide, that’s 1,000,000 tons composting for the classroom, “leave it on the lawn” yard a year! Composting turns this mountain of material into a care and master composter certification courses. : Get renewable resource that helps green up NYC, indoors and out. details on making or using compost on LESEC’s Rot Line: Composting is the most energy efficient kind of recycling, and 212·477·3155 or email: [email protected] helps reduce the number of stinky trips, too! 9. As seen in Central Park 19. Drop compostables any time

: Online Resources NYC Compost Project Green Map System Interactive Composting Citywide â NYCcompost.org â GreenAppleMap.org/page/compost â OpenGreenMap.org/compostnyc Department of Sanitation City-wide workshops and compost give- Case studies, links and updates. Youth â NYC.gov/wasteless Explore Manhattan and add your own composting backs in 5 boroughs, funded by NYC Dept. Reduce, and Recycle mapping images and insights in any language. In Spring Reuse, reduction and recycling resources of Sanitation. at â GreenAppleMap.org/page/modules 2009, this map goes citywide! for home, work or school. Or call 311. Lower East Side Ecology Center More Waste Reduction! City Worm Industrial & Technology Assistance Corp. â LESecologycenter.org â freecycle.org â freegan.info â Cityworm.com â itac.org Waste reduction, environmental â mfta.org â craigslist.org Helps businesses with waste reduction. education and open space stewardship; Art inspired by composting! eWaste (computers, etc.) recycling schedule. What can I compost?

GREENS BROWNS WHAT TO AVOID materials that are rich in nitrogen materials that are rich in carbon Meat and Fish Fruit and Vegetable scraps Fall leaves Cheese and Dairy products Coffee grounds and Filters Spent plants Fats, Oils and Grease Tea bags Small twigs and Wood chips Dog and Cat waste, Cat Fresh leaves Sawdust & Wood shavings Large branches Green plants (hardwood only) Pressure-treated Lumber Prunings and Hedge trimmings Shredded Newspaper Invasive Weeds Grass clippings ( free) Egg shells and Nutshells Weeds with seeds Pesticide-treated plants and grass Weeds (without seeds) Corncobs clippings (or leave it on the lawn) Flower bouquets Bread and grains Diseased plants Seaweed Wood ashes Vacuum cleaner dust Feathers Old potting soil Coal and Charcoal ashes Bio/Cornstarch based cups Food-soiled Paper towels & Napkins Colored or glossy paper Organic packing materials Dried flowers Non-compostable materials such as: Spoiled juice Food-soiled Cardboard (recycle if clean) Plastics, metals and glass Anything with glue note: Stale flour, Cereal, Spices, Beans Make sure all materials are in small pieces to speed the decomposition process.

Step 1. Step 2. Step 3. Step 4. Step 5. Add items continually. Layer the bin with Dampen each layer. To speed decomposition, turn Use the compost! green & brown waste. the heap every so often. Mix with 2/3 soil.

Worms in the Green Apple: Vermicomposting Produced by Green Map System Worm composting (vermicomposting) is an indoor method for Researched by the Lower East Side Ecology Center recycling food waste into rich compost. In your apartment, Supported by Greenacre Foundation and NYC Environmental Fund Graphic design by Anya Farquhar, Jane Barber Design (1st edition). basement, office or classroom, fill a container with moistened Risa Ishikawa (2nd edition). Andrew Sass (3rd edition). newspaper and red worms, then continually add food and plant 3nd edition © Green Map® System, Inc. 2008 waste. Excitingly, red wiggler worms eat half their weight in Contact us at 212.674.1631 or [email protected] food each day and leave worm castings (a.k.a. compost) behind, so it’s extremely effective, even for busy New Yorkers! Free workshops are held in every borough, year round – see schedule 7 This Map is Wind Powered! at â NYCcompost.org Red wiggler worms How? Green Map System (the makers), Rolling Press (the printer) and Mohawk Fine Paper (our 100% 5 paper provider) have all selected wind power for our electricity! You can Base Map courtesy of the NYC Cycling Map of NYC Dept. of City Planning, Transportation Division, â Bicycle Network Development Program & Bytes of the Big Apple DCP Lion File. © Department of too. Switch your home, small business or organization at NewWindEnergy.com/nyc. â City Planning. For informational purposes only – contents not guaranteed by Green Map System. For ratings, check PowerScoreCard.org

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