Leafing
I’ve been trying to find out whether the City will be picking up leaves for the compost program this year. Does anyone know?
I’ve been trying to find out whether the City will be picking up leaves for the compost program this year. Does anyone know?
The community garden on St Marks Ave btw Carlton and Vanderbilt is accepting leaves for composting. Bear in mind that if you live in an area within the japanese beetle infestation zone, the city wouldn’t have composted your leaves even if the program was still active. But giving them to a community garden is fine so long as it’s local to your address.
Yes, as Mare noted, there are many composting programs in community gardens that actually need your leaves as part of a balanced diet for composting activities! Please drop them off at one near you.
The paper bags others have seen are just leftovers from prior years.
At least the lord mayor didn’t cancel recycling again…
Bloomberg
Vinca – That’s terrific! Thanks again.
some community gardens have started a smaller version of the program: http://nycleaves.org/bkdecay/
http://www.nyc.gov/html/nycwasteless/html/recycling/fall_leaf_program.shtml#suspension
NYC Department of Sanitation
Fall Leaf Composting Collection Program
Suspension of Fall Leaf Composting Collection Program
Because of budget cuts, the fall leaf composting collection program is suspended until further notice.
Fall leaves will be collected with regular household refuse on regularly scheduled refuse collection days. Paper lawn and leaf bags are not required, since leaves will be collected as regular trash.
Since we will not have the raw material to create more compost, the compost giveback program is also suspended until leaf composting collections are restored.
PLEASE NOTE:
If the fall leaf composting collection program is reinstated, residents in leaf collection districts will receive a mailer detailing the collection dates and proper set out for leaf composting, as described below.
The City mothballed its leaf pick-up and composting program in 2008. There’s a citizen’s campaign of sorts that you can join or sign online petition, detailing sites where you can deliver your leaves: http://nycleaves.org/
this morning i saw big brown paper bags (like bigger than 30 gallon trash bags) that were marked “city leaf pickup” or something like that. so either someone saved the bags from last year, or there is some type of program going on. i don’t know the details though. sorry.