Composting Returns to Roosevelt Island Starting October 5th

Following on the heels of Climate Week, we are happy to announce two composting initiatives on the island starting Saturday, October 5th.

Returning to the island Saturday, October 5^th: Community Food Scrap Collection for Compost

• Haki Compost returns with partner Big Reuse for their weekly community food scrap collection for composting at Motorgate Plaza starting Saturday, October 5^th. Stop by to learn more and bring your vegetable and fruit food scraps to the Haki Compost Volunteers every Saturday from 9 am to 2 pm. Remember no meat, fish, daily or oil or plastic. Volunteers are needed, so please write to [email protected] if you're interested in volunteering. Haki Compost will be at the Helix every Saturday.

DSNY Composting in Your Building

• New York City Department of Sanitation is also launching a new composting initiative citywide, and Roosevelt Island buildings will be included in the program. DSNY will be delivering composting bins to each building, and residents will be able to discard food scraps and food-soiled paper in those bins, which will then be transported to a larger composting container in the AVAC yard. DSNY will then collect the food scraps weekly and transport them to a composting facility in Staten Island. Please reach out to your building management for more information on when your building will be receiving its collection bin. To learn more, please visit the DSNY Composting site.