Community Composting: Compostory's 8/4 Podcast

Check out Compostory.Org's latest podcast  "The Organic Stream" at about the 5 minute mark. It's an interview with David Buckel from Added Value Red Hook Community Farm about community composting in NYC. He stresses the importance of  "closing the circle" of food production to compost and educating the public about the benefits of composting.

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New Batch of Compost

We stopped adding new scraps to our third bin on June 1st and started sifting mid-July. 

We have some great, earthy black gold, as they say. 

 

Here's some of the "un-compost" discovered during the sifting process -

 fruit stickers, plastic ties, plastic caps, rubberbands, glass and so on.  That stuff doesn't break down as fast as the organic matter. 

Smokin' compost pile - 130 degrees F

Compost Pile Lost and Found

New hours for Sunny Compost food scraps collection

 SUNNY COMPOST 

FOOD SCRAPS DROP-OFF

 located at 

 Sunnyside Community Garden

50th Street & Barnett Avenue

BEGINNING June 1, 2014

Sunday drop-off hours only:

2:00 - 5:00

 

       http://www.sunnycompost.org/

March Compost Madness

Despite the cold and snowy winter, we are still busy collecting food scraps and processing them as they transform to become beautiful, nutrient-rich compost!  Our compost bin had a temperature of 100 degrees this weekend!  We've made it through the storms (so far) and haven't seen much reduction in drop-offs, despite the low temperatures. Separating food scraps becomes a habit, just like recycling. We are grateful to everyone who drops off and helps reduce waste. We are especially grateful to our volunteers who have braved the elements!

Reminders:

Drop-off hours are: 

Saturday Mornings from 9:00 – 11:00 a.m.

Sunday Afternoons from 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Accepted materials include:

- fruit and vegetable scraps  
- non-greasy food scraps
- coffee grounds & filters, tea bags
- egg and nut shells, pits

    Please NO meat, chicken, fish, greasy food scraps, fat, oil, dairy, animal waste, litter or bedding, coal or charcoal, coconuts, diseased and/or insect-infested houseplants/soil or biodegradable/compostable plastics.

 Keep your food scraps in a brown bag in your freezer or a reusable container (juice carton, yogurt container, crock, plastic tub, etc.)  We love when you remove stickers from fruit and vegetable peels before dropping off.  Feel free to chop up any large fruits and vegetables.

2013 was a bountiful year for SunnyCompost!

2013 was a bountiful year for SunnyCompost! We are thankful for:

• All of our volunteers! We couldn't do it without you!
• Every egg shell, coffee ground, pumpkin or broccoli stalk dropped off by our food scraps donors!
• Citizens Committee for our Neighborhood Grant
• NYC Compost Project (@ Queens Botanical Garden)
• Sunnyside Community Garden gardeners
• Sunnyside Gardens Park
• Jimmy Van Bramer
• BiG!Compost
• Greening Queens Library 
• Smiling Hogshead Ranch
• P.S. 11
• Doughboy Park