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 grownyc.org Compost at Greenmarkets 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 grownyc.org Compost On-the-Go 110th St - Central Park North Dyckman Street 161st St - Yankee Stadium Fordham Plaza Manhattan Manhattan Bronx Bronx grownyc.org Compost On-the-Go 181st Street Manhattan grownyc.org Compost On-the-Go 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 grownyc.org Composting Year-Round Saint George Greenmarket Fort Greene Greenmarket Tribeca Greenmarket Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket Staten Island Brooklyn Manhattan Brooklyn grownyc.org Kids Compost! 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 grownyc.org GrowNYC Compost Partners 12 Processing Sites Hosted By: Independent Compost Sites: JOE HOLZKA GARDEN grownyc.org NYC Compost Project hosted by Earth Matter grownyc.org NYC Compost Project hosted by Big Reuse 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 grownyc.org In-Vessel Composting 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! grownyc.org .