Each year, NYC’s residents throw away 650,000 tons of food scraps, most of which is transported hundreds of miles away to landfills through a system that disproportionately burdens low-income neighborhoods and permanently discards potential assets. In these landfills, the food breaks down anaerobically, generating local air pollution and methane - a powerful climate change gas. Meanwhile, street tree stewards, conservation groups, parks, and community gardeners are confronted with the enormous challenge of growing their projects in poor quality soils and are forced to source healthier growing medium from outside the city. BIG!Compost’s work tackles these challenges simultaneously by providing a local solution for organics recycling and producing a source of remediation and revitalization for NYC’s urban soils: compost.
* BIG!NYC's reuse centers are on their way to divert 4,000,000 pounds of usable building materials from the landfill in 2013.
* Our diversion rate reduces climate change emission by 3,200 MTCOE, which is like saving 360,000 gallons of gas.
* BIG!Compost has diverted 267,230 pounds of food scraps and given away 159,240 pounds of compost and 49,620 pounds of mulch so far this year.
* BIG!Blooms has given away 5,345 pieces of retired lumber to build 2,226 garden beds in over 1,269
* BIG!Blooms has given away 5,345 pieces of retired lumber to build 2,226 garden beds in over 1,269 community and school gardens in NYC.
* BIG!Gives Back has given away$300,000 worth of materials benefiting NYC's community and environment.
What to Compost
www.bignyc.org / drop-sites
What is compost? How does it happen?
GOWANUS CENTER
69 9th St. Brooklyn, NY
718-725-8925
ASTORIA CENTER
3-17 26th Ave. Queens, NY
718-777-0132
Greenmarket Dirt Bags of Compost
| Location: Astoria
High quality, nutrient rich compost from decomposed organic matter
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