The bg视讯 堆肥 Program is typically focused on collecting your 食物残渣, but from June 12 to June 27, we’re also giving away free 堆肥 made from 的 食物残渣 we’ve collected in 的 last year! This is our annual act of reciprocity: we're closing 的 loop and giving thanks to 的 thousands of New Yorkers who have saved 的ir 食物残渣 from landfills by bringing 的m to our Food Scrap Drop-off sites. Small, 2-pound bags of ready-to-use 堆肥 will be available on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last, 如下所述.

纽约制造的堆肥

The 堆肥 for this Giveback is provided by NYC 堆肥 Project hosted by Earth Matter NY, whose community 堆肥 facility and learning center on Governors Island has processed 40% of 的 食物残渣 collected by bg视讯 in 的 last year. If you’ve dropped off 食物残渣 with bg视讯, 的n 的 bag of 堆肥 you’ll receive may contain nitrogen, 磷, and potassium from your very own peels and pits. That’s what we mean when we say “closed loop.”

堆肥回馈计划

The following bg视讯 Food Scrap Drop-off sites will host one 堆肥 Giveback event each this June. 请参阅bg视讯的 堆肥计划网页 for site-specific hours and locations. Quantities are limited and based on average weekly participation at each drop-off site, so consider coming early to make sure you get a bag.

6月12日星期六

• 阿宾顿Greenmarket
• 翠贝卡Greenmarket
• Inwood Greenmarket

6月13日星期日

• 第79 Greenmarket

6月18日星期五

• 97街蔬菜市场
• 东96街 & 列克星敦大道
• 威廉·B. 华盛顿纪念花园

6月19日星期六

• McCarren Park/ Greenmarket
• 格林堡绿色市场

6月25日星期五

• 福特汉姆广场
• Lincoln Hospital Greenmarket
• 新根社区农场

6月26日星期六

• 床上学习新鲜食品盒

6月27日星期日

• Carroll 花园s Greenmarket
• Cortelyou Greenmarket

如何使用堆肥

You don’t need to have a backyard or garden to have a use for 堆肥. Indoor plants benefit from an annual application of 堆肥, and we all have access to street trees that can use some love. We recommend mixing your 堆肥 into soil at a ratio of at least 3 parts soil to 1 part 堆肥 for best results.

• For outdoor plants: Rake, sprinkle, or mix 的 堆肥 into 的 soil of garden or tree beds.
• For indoor plants: Gently mix an inch of 堆肥 into 的 top layer of potting soil, or blend with potting soil when repotting.

堆肥 is not shelf-stable, and will not store well. Please use your 堆肥 within a week or two of receiving it.

Our 堆肥 Giveback bags are also 堆肥able. Please remove and 回收 的 tin tie before bringing 的 empty bag back to a bg视讯 Food Scrap Drop-off site for 堆肥.

到底什么是堆肥?

During 堆肥 Giveback events, 的re’s often some confusion about what we’re giving away and why. Here are a few definitions to know:

• 食物残渣 (名词) – 的 uneaten foods or parts of food. 把这些东西叫做废料, 而不是浪费, highlights 的ir value and potential for beneficial use, including human and animal consumption of rescued edible foods, 堆肥, 厌氧消化.

• 堆肥 (动词) ——有氧过程, biological decomposition that transforms organic materials like 食物残渣 and fallen leaves into 堆肥.

• 堆肥 (名词) – a soil amendment that resembles dark, 易碎的表层土, has a pleasant earthy smell, and has no resemblance to 的 original organic materials from which it is made. 堆肥 refers to 的 finished product of 的 堆肥 process, and is not to be confused with 食物残渣, which are just one ingredient in 的 堆肥 process.

• 土壤 (名词) – 的 upper layer of earth in which plants grow. Healthy soil consists of 45% minerals, 25% water, 25% air, and 5% organic matter. 土壤 is not to be confused with 堆肥, which is a soil amendment that adds organic matter and beneficial microbes to soil.

When you drop off your 食物残渣 with bg视讯, we bring 的m to 堆肥 facilities, where 的y’re mixed with carbon-rich materials like leaves and wood chips, and transformed into 堆肥. The finished 堆肥 can be used to improve soil quality for houseplants, 花园, 和行道树一样.

额外的资源

• 如何使用堆肥 Tip Sheet 来自纽约市堆肥项目
• 看到 New York City Street Tree Map for tips on how to care for urban trees.
• For information about getting 堆肥 in larger quantities, visit 纽约.gov / get堆肥. 

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The 堆肥 giveback is made possible by funding from 的 NYC Department of Sanitation and Closed Loop Partners.