Established in 2011, the bg视讯 Compost Program strives to make composting second-nature for all New Yorkers by operating residential Food Scrap Drop-off sites and partnering with community composting facilities to make compost locally. Part of a larger network of over 200 Food Scrap Drop-off sites in NYC, the bg视讯 Compost Program currently operates 52 food scrap drop-off sites serving 7 thousand regular weekly participants, diverting over 25 tons of food scraps from landfills each week. 

See below for updates on bg视讯 locations, and check the citywide map for more options.

You can support our work by donating here.

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GROWNYC'S COMPOST PROGRAM IS ENDING DUE TO CITY BUDGET CUTS! 
Please see final days of collections below! 

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Please see our list of what to bring and adhere to the drop-off schedule at each location (do not bring food scraps to closed sites). Food scraps cannot be accepted outside of stated open hours. All locations are year-round unless otherwise noted.

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BOROUGH	LOCATION	DAY	COLLECTION SCHEDULES	OPERATED BY	PROCESSING SITE	FLYER
Bronx	BronxWorks Carolyn McLaughlin Community Center 1130 Grand Concourse	Thursdays Final Day of Collections: 05/16/24	9am-1:30pm	bg视讯	Staten Island Compost Facility	Flyer | Last Day Info
Bronx	Fordham Plaza Food Scrap Drop-off E Fordham Rd & 3rd Ave	Fridays Final Day of Collections: 05/17/24	8:30am-11:30am	bg视讯	Staten Island Compost Facility	Flyer | Last Day Info
Bronx	Lincoln Hospital Greenmarket 149th St b/t Park and Morris Aves	Closed for the season	Closed for the season	bg视讯	Staten Island Compost Facility	Flyer coming soon
Bronx	Morrisania Farmstand McKinley Square at 169th St & Boston Rd	Thursdays Final Day of Collections: 05/16/24	8:30am-1pm	bg视讯	Staten Island Compost Facility	Flyer | Last Day Info
Bronx	Mott Haven Food Scrap Drop-off 541 E 139th St	Thursdays Final Day of Collections: 05/16/24	8am-12pm	bg视讯	Staten Island Compost Facility	Flyer | Last Day Info
Bronx	New Roots Community Farm 670 Grand Concourse	Fridays  Final Day of Collections: 05/17/24	8am-12pm	bg视讯	Staten Island Compost Facility	Flyer | Last Day Info
Bronx	Norwood Farmstand E Gun Hill Rd & Dekalb Ave	Thursdays Final Day of Collections: 05/16/24	9:30am-2pm	bg视讯	Staten Island Compost Facility	Flyer | Last Day Info
Bronx	Parkchester Food Scrap Drop-off Virginia Ave & Hugh Grant Circle	Fridays Final Day of Collections: 05/17/24	7:30am-12:30pm	bg视讯	Staten Island Compost Facility	Flyer | Last Day Info
Brooklyn	7th Ave Sunset Park Greenmarket 7th Ave & 44th St	Saturdays Final Day of Collections: 05/18/24	8am-12:30pm	bg视讯	Staten Island Compost Facility	Flyer | Last Day Info
Brooklyn	Bay Ridge Greenmarket 3rd Ave & 95th Street	Saturdays Final Day of Collections: 05/18/24	8am-1pm	bg视讯	Staten Island Compost Facility	Flyer | Last Day Info
Brooklyn	Bed-Stuy Farmstand Decatur St and Lewis Ave	Fridays Final Day of Collections: 05/17/24	7am-10:30am	bg视讯	Staten Island Compost Facility	Flyer | Last Day Info
Brooklyn	Bensonhurst Greenmarket 18th Ave & 81st St	Sundays Final Day of Collections: 05/19/24	9am-1:30pm	bg视讯	Earth Matter NY	Flyer | Last Day Info
Brooklyn	Brooklyn Borough Hall Greenmarket Court St & Montague St	Saturdays Final Day of Collections: 05/18/24	7:30am-12pm	bg视讯	Staten Island Compost Facility	Flyer | Last Day Info
Brooklyn	Carroll Gardens Greenmarket Smith St and 1st Pl	Sundays Final Day of Collections: 05/19/24	8am-12pm	bg视讯	Earth Matter NY	Flyer | Last Day Info
Brooklyn	Cortelyou Greenmarket Cortelyou Rd & Rugby Rd	Sundays Final Day of Collections: 05/19/24	9am-1pm	bg视讯	Queens Botanical Garden	Flyer | Last Day Info
Brooklyn	Crown Heights Farmstand Nostrand Ave and Crown St	Fridays Final Day of Collections: 05/17/24	8am-1pm	bg视讯	Staten Island Compost Facility	Flyer | Last Day Info
Brooklyn	Crown Heights Franklin Ave Food Scrap Drop-off Eastern Parkway & Franklin Ave	Fridays Final Day of Collections: 05/17/24	8:30am-12:30pm	bg视讯	Staten Island Compost Facility	Flyer | Last Day Info
Brooklyn	Flatbush Junction Food Scrap Drop-off Hillel Pl & Flatbush Ave	Sundays Final Day of Collections: 05/19/24	10am-1:30pm	bg视讯	Queens Botanical Garden	Flyer | Last Day Info
Brooklyn	Ft. Greene Greenmarket Washington Park & Willoughby Ave	Saturdays Final Day of Collections: 05/18/24	8am-1pm	bg视讯	Staten Island Compost Facility	Flyer | Last Day Info
Brooklyn	Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket Flatbush Ave & Prospect Park W (Prospect Park entrance)	Saturdays Final Day of Collections: 05/18/24	7:30am-3pm	bg视讯	Staten Island Compost Facility	Flyer | Last Day Info
Brooklyn	Kensington Food Scrap Drop-off McDonald Ave & Albemarle Rd	Saturdays Final Day of Collections: 05/18/24	8:30am-12pm	bg视讯	Staten Island Compost Facility	Flyer | Last Day Info
Brooklyn	Leif Ericson Park Food Scrap Drop-off Ft. Hamilton Parkway b/t 66 & 67th Sts.	Sundays Final Day of Collections: 05/19/24	8:30am-12:30pm	bg视讯	Earth Matter NY	Flyer | Last Day Info
Brooklyn	McCarren Park Greenmarket N 12th St and Driggs Ave	Saturdays Final Day of Collections: 05/18/24	8am-12pm	bg视讯	Staten Island Compost Facility	Flyer | Last Day Info
Brooklyn	Newkirk Ave - Little Haiti Food Scrap Drop-off Newkirk Ave & Nostrand Ave	Fridays Final Day of Collections: 05/17/24	7:30am-1:30pm	bg视讯	Staten Island Compost Facility	Flyer | Last Day Info
Brooklyn	Wilson Ave Food Scrap Drop-off Wilson Ave & Moffat St	Fridays Final Day of Collections: 05/17/24	7:30am-11am	bg视讯	Staten Island Compost Facility	Flyer  | Last Day Info
Manhattan	58th Street Library Food Scrap Drop-off E 58th St b/t Park Ave and Lexington Ave	Wednesdays Final Day of Collections: 05/15/24	7:30am-12:30pm	bg视讯	Staten Island Compost Facility	Flyer | Last Day Info
Manhattan	79th St Greenmarket 77th St between Columbus Ave & Central Park West	Sundays Final Day of Collections: 05/19/24	9am-3pm	bg视讯	Earth Matter NY	Flyer | Last Day Info
Manhattan	E 96th Street Food Scrap Drop-off East 96th St & Lexington Ave	Fridays Final Day of Collections: 05/17/24	7:30am-11am	bg视讯	Staten Island Compost Facility	Flyer | Last Day Info
Manhattan	97th Street Greenmarket W 97th & Amsterdam	Fridays Final Day of Collections: 05/17/24	8am-11:30am	bg视讯	Staten Island Compost Facility	Flyer | Last Day Info
Manhattan	145th St Food Scrap Drop-off 145th St & Edgecombe Ave	Thursdays Final Day of Collections: 05/16/24	8:30am-1pm	bg视讯	Staten Island Compost Facility	Flyer | Last Day Info
Manhattan	181st Street Food Scrap Drop-off 181st St & Fort Washington Ave	Thursdays Final Day of Collections: 05/16/24	8am-1:30pm	bg视讯	Staten Island Compost Facility	Flyer | Last Day Info
Manhattan	Abingdon Square Greenmarket W12th St & 8th Ave	Saturdays Final Day of Collections: 05/18/24	7:30am-12pm	bg视讯	Staten Island Compost Facility	Flyer | Last Day Info
Manhattan	Abyssinian Tot Lot Food Scrap Drop-Off 130 W 139th Street	Saturdays Final Day of Collections: 05/18/24	7:30am-12pm	bg视讯	Staten Island Compost Facility	Flyer | Last Day Info
Manhattan	Asphalt Green Food Scrap Drop-off East 91st St & York Ave	Sundays Final Day of Collections: 05/19/24	7:30am-12:30pm	bg视讯	Earth Matter NY	Flyer | Last Day Info
Manhattan	Columbia University Greenmarket 116th St & Broadway	Sundays Final Day of Collections: 05/19/24	8am-12pm	bg视讯	Earth Matter NY	Flyer | Last Day Info
Manhattan	Dag Hammarskjold Plaza Greenmarket E 47th St & 2nd Ave.	Wednesdays Final Day of Collections: 05/15/24	8am-12:30pm	bg视讯	Staten Island Compost Facility	Flyer | Last Day Info
Manhattan	Inwood Greenmarket Seaman Ave & Isham St (N corner)	Saturdays Final Day of Collections: 05/18/24	7:30am-11:30am	bg视讯	Staten Island Compost Facility	Flyer | Last Day Info
Manhattan	Madison Square Park Food Scrap Drop-off Madison Ave & E 25 Street	Wednesdays Final Day of Collections: 05/15/24	7:15am-1pm	bg视讯	Staten Island Compost Facility	Flyer | Last Day Info
Manhattan	St. Mary's Harlem 521 West 126th St	Fridays Final Day of Collections: 05/17/24	8:30am-12pm	bg视讯	Staten Island Compost Facility	Flyer | Last Day Info
Manhattan	Tompkins Square Greenmarket E 7th St & Ave A	Sundays	8am-5pm	LESEC	LESEC	LESEC
Manhattan	Tribeca Greenmarket Greenwich St & Duane St	Saturdays Final Day of Collections: 05/18/24	8am-11:30am	bg视讯	Staten Island Compost Facility	Flyer | Last Day Info
Manhattan	Tucker Square Greenmarket 66th St & Columbus Ave	Thursdays Final Day of Collections: 05/16/24	9am-12pm	bg视讯	Staten Island Compost Facility	Flyer | Last Day Info
Manhattan	Union Square Greenmarket NE Section of Union Square Park	Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat	8am-5pm	LESEC	LESEC	LESEC
Queens	Commonpoint Queens in partnership with The Forest Hills Green Team 67-09 108th St, Forest Hills, NY 11375	Sundays	10am-1pm	Forest Hills Green Team	Staten Island Compost Facility	Flyer N/A
Queens	Corona Food Scrap Drop-off Roosevelt Ave & 103 St	Sundays Final Day of Collections: 05/19/24	8:30am-1pm	bg视讯	Staten Island Compost Facility	Flyer | Last Day Info
Queens	Forest Hills Greenmarket 70th Ave & Austin St	Sundays Final Day of Collections: 05/19/24	9am-12pm	bg视讯	Staten Island Compost Facility	Flyer | Last Day Info
Queens	Jackson Heights Greenmarket 79th St and Northern Blvd	Sundays Final Day of Collections: 05/19/24	7:30am-2pm	bg视讯	Staten Island Compost Facility	Flyer | Last Day Info
Queens	Kew Gardens Food Scrap Drop-off Metropolitan Ave & Audley St	Fridays Final Day of Collections: 05/17/24	9am-12pm	bg视讯	Staten Island Compost Facility	Flyer | Last Day Info
Queens	Ridgewood Food Scrap Drop-off  Myrtle Ave & Cypress Ave	Fridays Final Day of Collections: 05/17/24	8am-11:30am	bg视讯	Staten Island Compost Facility	Flyer | Last Day Info
Queens	Sunnyside Greenmarket Skillman Ave & 42nd St	Saturdays Final Day of Collections: 05/18/24	9am-1pm	bg视讯	Staten Island Compost Facility	Flyer | Last Day Info
Queens	Terraza 7 Food Scrap Drop-off 40-19 Gleane St	Sundays  Final Day of Collections: 05/19/24	8am-1:30pm	bg视讯	Staten Island Compost Facility	Flyer | Last Day Info

 

Key:
LESEC = Lower East Side Ecology Center

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Frequently Asked Questions

Why compost?
Composting is one of the easiest things that everyone can do to improve the environment, with benefits including:

• Sending Zero Waste to Landfills - over ⅓ of New York City’s residential waste stream is made up of organic waste that could be composted, including food scraps, food-soiled paper, and yard waste.
• Fighting Climate Change - making compost locally cuts down on carbon emissions from hauling trash long distances, and methane emissions generated by anaerobic decomposition of food waste in landfills.
• Turning Waste into a Resource - compost is a valuable fertilizer that returns nutrients to soil and helps plants thrive. Food scraps dropped-off with bg视讯 become compost that is distributed for free to community gardens, urban farms, neighborhood parks, street tree beds, and members of the public.
• Keeping it Local - food scraps collected by bg视讯 are processed locally in partnership with NYC Compost Project host sites and other partners, including Big Reuse, Earth Matter, Lower East Side Ecology Center, Queens Botanical Garden, Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, and Waste Management.

What can I compost with bg视讯?

• Accepted Materials: fruit & vegetable scraps, non-greasy food scraps (rice, pasta, bread, grains, cereal), coffee grounds & filters, tea bags, egg shells & nuts, cut flowers & houseplants, soiled brown paper products, potting soil.
• Do Not Bring: meat, fish, bones, dairy, fat, oil, greasy food scraps, animal waste, charcoal, coconuts, plastics, twist ties, rubber bands, receipts, insect-infested plants, vines, excavated soil.

How should I store my food scraps?
Food scraps can be collected in reusable containers, paper bags, or plastic bags. To reduce odors at home and at the collection sites, store items in the freezer or refrigerator. A layer of shredded newspaper at the bottom of your storage container also helps.

How can I enroll in Curbside Composting?
Starting in October, 2021, The NYC Department of Sanitation's residential Curbside Composting service is resuming on a rolling basis based on the number of sign-ups in each neighborhood. Sign up at nyc.gov/curbsidecomposting.

How can I make compost at home?
We recommend reading the NYC Compost Project's Outdoor Composting Guide and Indoor Composting Guide for an introduction on the art and science of making compost. If you want to dig deeper, check out the Master Composter Manual and get involved with your nearest NYC Compost Project host site.

Can businesses drop off materials to compost?
No. Commercial food scraps are not accepted at these sites. Businesses should contact a hauler who can handle commercially-generated organic waste.

How has participation in the bg视讯 Compost Program changed over time?

The bg视讯 Food Scrap Drop-off Program is a partnership between the City of New York, the NYC Department of Sanitation, bg视讯, and community partners.