ESPLANADEFRIENDS/GREEN PARK GARDENERS
COMPOSTING PROJECT

Drop-Off Bins Location: 62nd & The East River Esplanade

Contact for more information: Sheldon Allen

Email: sheldon.j.allen@gmail.com

Do your part for the environment and our community!

EsplanadeFriends and our Green Park Gardeners Subcommittee welcome you to your neighborhood community composting project.

We encourage you to drop off the following ACCEPTABLE food scraps:

ACCEPTABLE FOOD SCRAPS:

 Fruit and vegetable scraps, non-greasy rice, pasta, bread, cereal, coffee grinds and filters, tea bags, egg and nut shells, pits, cut or dried flowers, houseplants and potting soil.

NOT ACCEPTABLE:

 Red meat, chicken, fish, bones, greasy food scraps, fat, oil, dairy, animal waste, litter or bedding, coal or charcoal, coconuts, diseased and/or insect-infested houseplants/soil or biodegradable plastics.

 Why We Should Compost: According to the NYC Department of Sanitation, organic waste that can easily be composted makes up approximately 1/3 of NYC’s residential waste. Also, the carbon footprint of food waste is greater than that of the airline industry. But in compost bins, microbes convert that organic matter into nutrient-rich soil, keeping the carbon out of the atmosphere and producing valuable fertilizer. 

Helping the Environment: When you bring your food scraps to our bins, you are helping the environment by limiting the amount of waste that goes to landfills and by helping to enrich the soil and provide much needed nutrients.

What Happens to the Compost: We share it with locations like The New York Public Library (67th St Branch), Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, NYC Parks, countless bike lanes and gardens throughout the Eastside.