When you donate food or choose to compost, you are keeping our food system circular and feeding our community! Food scraps can be made into nutrient-rich compost, which can be added to soil to grow healthy food and plants!
This post is for members of our community who want to contribute to the community in a positive way, regardless of income.
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Donate food to Food Bank of New York City.
Donate food to City Harvest.
List of places to donate food by AMNY.
NYC.gov food donation portal for businesses and non-profits.
NYC.gov has a food scrap drop-off site map encouraging us to make compost, not trash!
Accepted food-scraps:
• Fruits, Vegetables and Eggshells
• Coffee, Tea and Nuts
• Dried Flowers and Houseplants
• Bread, Grains, Pasta
You can also use GrowNYC's site/map that has a table with each location's schedule, as well as sign up for their Compost newsletter for scheduling alerts.
Information about the sites during COVID and for more cool resources: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13RIYWVfHKrX4HG2X-Thkfz642kKtbPkun5OflvuAkQ0/edit#gid=0.
Calling all residents of community boards (look up yours) Brooklyn 1, 2, 6, and 7, Manhattan 6 and 7, and Bronx 8! You can sign up for CURBSIDE Composting services ONLINE or by calling "311"– this means you and your building will receive a designated compost bin!
Are you a North Brooklyn resident? You can donate your compost (food scraps) at McGoldrick Park and Transmitter Park (Sundays) to the North Brooklyn Compost Project!
The LES Ecology Center also has compost drop-off locations spread across the city!
Learn more about DSNY's NYC Compost Project.
Sharewaste is a website to connect neighbors to composting hosts! Just sign up and follow the instructions. Click here to view the map and find out where the nearest host is to you!
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