Save Our Compost NYC

A coalition of groups working to #SaveOurCompost in NYC while uplifting environmental and climate justice.

[Save Our Compost NYC @SaveNYCCompost]

Tonight we celebrate. Tomorrow we continue our fight to expand the organics program city-wide.

[Save Our Compost NYC @SaveNYCCompost]

Wahoo! Good and exciting news! Thank you for taking the time to sign @GrowNYC’s petition restoring their zero waste funding. And if you have a moment, please thank the city for restoring the budget at the link: https://t.co/Z4sn47PSIH #saveourcompost

[TEDDY BEAR PROJECT @SUNDAYS411]

Krystal Garden won a truck of compost from NYC Compost Project! Thanks and this is the way to amend soil and heal the contaminated soils in The Bronx🐻

[Bestofhealthcare.com @bestofhealth1]

Community Awareness:
Composting Education.
@CalRecycle @NYCSanitation @WasteManagement @newpaltzgardens @NYCParks @SaveNYCCompost @compostable @SunnyCompost @HOTBINcompost @ILComposts @Compost_US @MarthaStewart @NCComposting @STLComposting @RecycleAcrossAm
♻️Learn More Below:⤵️

[@megshashin @megshashin]

So happy to see many people are constantly coming to drop off the waste @nycgov @NYCMayor @SaveNYCCompost @NYCSanitation @NYCCouncil @NYCMayorsOffice

[Trees New York @TreesNewYork]

Learn about #NYCStreetTrees and how to care for them on 1/25 from 6 to 8 pm @BrooklynBotanic Garden. We'll cover material including how to become a licensed #CitizenPruner and also go over the newly improved #NYCStreetTreeMap by @NYCParks. Register here: https://t.co/Ks86bZeOc5

[Reasmus @Reasmus2]

Thanks @NYCSanitation for the smart compost bins installed in Harlem in recent weeks. They are great. Digital app is very easy to use!

Cc @DianaAyalaNYC @kristin4harlem @ShaunAbreu

[Cafeteria Culture (CafCu) @CafeteriaCu]

Time for @NYCCouncil to pass universal #composting bill.
“You finally get neighbors buying into this & then you stop it. It’s the wrong approach.”Andrea Scarborough, @QueensSWAB @SaveNYCCompost
Pause in Queens Compost Pilot Leaves Participants in Dumps https://t.co/xwNSiWh97x

[Save Our Compost NYC @SaveNYCCompost]

@AlbertRolls1 Hi! Please contact @NYCSanitation for more info on organics pick up—they should be able to help you!

[Emma Court @emmarcourt]

And finally, from Department of Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch:

"New Yorkers will not have to fear as many rats hiding in late night shadows."

Read all about it https://t.co/IXF00EyaTu

[Sandy Nurse @SandyforCouncil]

Today was a good step for the rat problem. Please engage in the public comment period!

Reducing rats takes many solutions operating at once, which is why the Council’s Rat Action Plan is critical, but the real key is universal *mandatory* curbside organics collection.👇🏽

[Anna Sacks @the_trashwalker]

@NYCSanitation $4 million is an outrageous amount of money to spend on this type of study. For perspective, it is equal to the total amount NYC spent on composting last year. This money could have gone so much further - imagine 40 100k grants to existing NYC waste experts. SMH

[Anna Sacks @the_trashwalker]

Anna notes that New York City has a 17% recycling rate, so there’s plenty of room for improvement when it comes to NYC’s trash problem. “There’s a big gap between what we’re doing [17%] and what we can do [68% diversion, by recycling & composting fully] https://t.co/5CrxWZtQdB

[GrowNYC @GrowNYC]

Please join us in Queens this Saturday for a free Stop ‘N’ Swap event!
In the case of rain, this event will be rescheduled to Saturday, October 29 from 12 PM - 3 PM. Please check https://t.co/G65DqLW3pt for updates.

[Save Our Compost NYC @SaveNYCCompost]

Excellent thread on what is recyclable and what isn’t. Are you making any of these recycling mistakes? 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

[Charlotte Dreizen @CharDreizen]

Contamination is the biggest threat to the recycling system.

It adds cost, lowers quality, slows the process, and can lead to worker injuries.

Here are 12 things you should never put into your recycling bin, dumpster, or chute 🧵:

[NYC Sanitation @NYCSanitation]

Get rid of your solvents, automotive, flammables and electronics safely. Mark your calendars-- Fall 2022 SAFE Disposal Events are coming soon! Find information about harmful product disposal, Special Waste Drop-off locations, & upcoming SAFE events here: https://t.co/eVkPx1eTOs

[Save Our Compost NYC @SaveNYCCompost]

Looking forward to this!

[Manhattan SWAB @Manhattan_SWAB]

This Wednesday September 14th - Guest Speaker Meredith McDermott Director of Sustainability NYC DOE | 6-8Pm

[Council Member Sandy Nurse @CMSandyNurse]

Up early with @thenyic @MaketheRoadNY and Council Members @CMJulieWon @CMShahanaHanif and @crystalrhudson to welcome asylum seekers who have been cruelly bussed to NYC from TX. Today a woman with a 6 day old baby arrived after a 3 day bus journey.

[GrowNYC @GrowNYC]

Give your unused items a second life! Get rid of your unwanted items and search for goodies at GrowNYC Stop ‘N’ Swap events. Join us this weekend in the Bronx!

✨Saturday, August 27
Baychester Community Center
1220 E 229th Street, Edenwald, Bronx
12 PM - 3 PM

See you soon!

[NYC Sanitation @NYCSanitation]

Did you throw a party this weekend? Did you make crudité or a vegetable tray? If you bought too many carrots and they went bad, put them in your brown bin!

[Jessica @BaronVonJessica]

Would love to see a requirement for street fairs, flea markets, etc. required to proved recycling bins and composting. So much trash is being created, and so easy to collect. @SaveNYCCompost @galeabrewer @NYCMayorsOffice