Food Scrap Drop-off & Community Composting in NYC Emily Bachman Compost Program Manager - GrowNYC Zero Waste Programs NY Federation Solid Waste & Recycling Conference – May 21, 2019 grownyc.org GrowNYC: Making a Truly Livable NYC
grownyc.org NYC Residential Waste Profile, 2017
Source: NYC Sanitation, 2017 grownyc.org GrowNYC Compost Program History
GrowNYC Food Scrap Collections (2011-2018)
grownyc.org NYC Food Scrap Drop-off Sites (FSDOs)
60 GrowNYC FSDOs
grownyc.org Food Scrap Collections by Site, 2018
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Columbia University Corona McCarren Park Inwood Manhattan Queens Brooklyn Manhattan
grownyc.org Grand Army Plaza GreenmarketSi t e -specific Dat a
Average Weekly Food Scrap Collections (2011-2018)
Fall, 2015 Curbside Organics starts in Park Slope
March, 2011 collections begin
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110th St - Central Park North Dyckman Street 161st St - Yankee Stadium Fordham Plaza Manhattan Manhattan Bronx Bronx
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181st Street Manhattan
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50% Increase
Average Growth in first year
grownyc.org Community-Hosted Food Scrap Drop-off Sites
BronxWorks Imani Garden Mary Mitchell Center Bronx Brooklyn Bronx
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Saint George Greenmarket Fort Greene Greenmarket Tribeca Greenmarket Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket Staten Island Brooklyn Manhattan Brooklyn
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grownyc.org DSNY Food Scrap Hauling
GrowNYC Food Scraps 40% hauled by DSNY
grownyc.org Large-Scale Local Organics Processing
DSNY Freshkills Compost Facility
Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant grownyc.org GrowNYC Food Scrap Hauling
60%
Food Scraps hauled by GrowNYC
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12 Processing Sites
Hosted By:
Independent Compost Sites: JOE HOLZKA GARDEN
grownyc.org NYC Compost Project hosted by Earth Matter
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Gowanus Salt Lot Queensbridge
grownyc.org Community Compost Builds
Queens County Farm
NYCCP hosted by Queens Botanical Garden
NYCCP hosted by Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Smiling Hogshead Ranch
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Battery Park City Parks Conservancy
Hudson River Park
grownyc.org Hot Pile Builds
The Youth Farm
Olivet Presbyterian Church
Joe Holzka Community Garden grownyc.org Thank you!
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