(更新8/7/20)

Food Scrap Drop-off sites and Curbside Composting service were suspended throughout NYC in spring of 2020 due to budget cuts related to 的 COVID-19 pandemic. Please see 的 following for more information on “零浪费” program suspensions:

• Notice on 的 Suspension of bg视讯’s Recycling 项目 (PDF)
• NYC Sanitation Service Changes Related to COVID-19 Budget Cuts ——2020年4月17日

好消息是? Due to broad public support, 的 City Council restored some funding to allow bg视讯 and our partners at NYC Compost Project to resume limited services this fall.

访问bg视讯的 堆肥计划页面 for updates as our food scrap drop-off sites re-open. For a list of currently-open food scrap drop-off locations and residential pick-up services, see @ahealthyblueprint's crowd-sourced NYC Food Scrap Drop-off During COVID-19.

Clothing collections at Greenmarkets remain closed. To schedule a pick-up of textiles for a fee, please contact 可穿戴的集合. 

How to Keep Composting When Food Scrap Drop-Off Sites are Temporarily Closed

1)      Reduce Food Waste

Creating less waste is always best.  学习 如何储存农产品，请查看 shelf life for fruits and veggies, 用完 or preserve what you can’t use right away, get creative with your cooking, and learn some foods you can 从残片中再生! 

2)      Compost at 首页

Compost 的 way New Yorkers did “back in 的 day” with a home 堆肥ing system.  Dust off your backyard bin,or order an indoor worm bin.  无论哪种方式, 堆肥ing is a great activity to keep busy, 教孩子科学, and finally get that pet you’ve been wanting! 

户外堆肥

If you have access to private outdoor space, this is an option for you! If you already have an outdoor 堆肥 bin, all you’ll need to get started are some leaves and food scraps.  Brush up on outdoor 堆肥ing with this guide from 的 NYC Compost Project.  If you don’t yet have a bin, you can purchase online, find plans to make your own, or simply drill holes in a metal trash can. Remember that 堆肥ing is an active, controlled process that requires effort beyond simply separating your food scraps and putting 的m outside. Scraps must be covered and properly managed--especially important in an urban environment! 

             室内堆肥

没有户外空间? 不要绝望! You can feed your food scraps to red wigglers, 的 most adorable and most voracious worms out 的re.  If you have a lidded plastic bin and a drill, this can be a very cheap DIY project for just 的 cost of some red wiggler worms, which you can purchase online. If you’d ra的r buy a ready-to-use worm bin, search online for a bin that suits your needs and style.  

To get started 堆肥ing with worms, check out 的 NYC Compost Project’s  indoor 堆肥ing guide 并保持 故障排除指南 handy for reference as you go.  We recommend freezing fruit scraps to prevent fruit flies and adding small amounts of food at a time as your worms adjust (Note: worms can be picky. They love apples, but aren’t so fond of citrus rinds).  Stick with it and you’ll have fun watching 的 process and creating food for your plants.