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- Hudson River
East River
Harlem River
City Hall
Park
East River
Park
St. Nicholas
Park
Marcus
Garvey
Park
Central
Park
Riverside
Park
Carl Schurz
Park
Battery
Park
Madison
Square
Union
Square
Washington
Square
United Nations
Garden
Bryant
Park
Morningside
Park
Hudson River
Park
High Bridge
Park
Fort Tryon
Park
Inwood Hill
Park
179 Street
125 Street
145 Street
86 Street
106 Street
116 Street
72 Street
59 Street
42 Street
34 Street
23 Street
14 Street
Houston Street
Canal 3rd Avenue
5th Avenue
Amsterdam
Broadway
Broadway
An interactive Composting Green
Map is starting to take shape.
Right now, you can explore and
add your own videos, images, in-sights
and impacts to Manhattan’s
compost sites. Starting in Spring
2009, the map goes citywide!
Find more and participate online.
P
open
OpenGreenMap.org/compostnyc
23 St.
Greenwich Street
Greenwich Ave.
Hudson
Eighth Ave.
Houston
Seventh Ave.
Tenth Ave.
Bowery
Canal Street
Varick
W. Broadway
West Street
N. Moore
Vestry
Laight
Franklin
Church
17 St.
20 St.
14 St.
Ninth Ave.
Eleven Ave.
23 St.
Broadway
Broadway
Hudson
Washington
Greenwich Ave.
Christopher
Bleecker
Seventh Ave.
Spring
Clarkson
Varick
Hudson
King
Van Dam
Canal Steet
Thomas
Duane
Reade
Chambers
Warren
Park Place
Vesey
West Street
Liberty
North End Ave.
Nassau
Beekman
Bowery
W 12 St.
W 10 St.
W 4 St.
Fulton
Tompkins
Square
Union
Square
Madison
Square
East River
Park
Sara D
Roosevelt
Park
Hamilton Fish
Park
Seward
Park
Washington
Square
23 Street
23 Street
14 Street 14 Street
Houston
12 St.
10 St.
St. Marks
6 St.
8 St.
Bleeker
St.
3 St.
1 St.
Canal Street
Delancey
Stanton
Rivington
Essex
Ludlow
Allen
Orchard
Broome
Grand
Hester
Bowery
Broadway
Lafayette
FDR
Ave D
Ave B
Ave C
Ave A
East Broadway
Henry
Fifth Avenue
University Pl.
Sixth Avenue
Irving
Third Avenue
Second Ave
First Avenue
ixth Avenu
Every day, more New Yorkers are com-posting.
Almost 200 jcommunity gar-dens
offer Manhattanites a great place
to start composting. Most compost their
yard waste and members’ food waste to
improve the soil and help plants thrive.
Only :Sites welcome public drop offs!
This map features jwith compost and
education programs. j are a wonder-ful
way to create community and clean
air, too. Citywide, find the closest jat
âOasisNYC.net.
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âGreenThumbNYC.org âNYRP.org
âGreenGuerillas.org âTPL.org
âMoreGardens.org âcenyc.org
Indoors, compost can be made in a
worm bin (details on reverse). Offices,
schools, cafés and food shops are com-posting,
why not you?
âNYCcompost.org provides great work-shops
& givebacks citywide. In Manhat-tan,
check âLESecologycenter.org
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Compost Green Map ABOUT THIS MAP:
of Manhattan
Worms in the Green Apple
GREEN MAP LEGEND
: Public Composting Site
S School with Composting
P Environmental Center
0 Greenmarket
Q Great Views
b Parklands/Recreation Area
j Community Garden
. Rooftop Garden
g Native Plants
6 Solar Energy
ó Special Household Waste Station
â Info Resources Online
1 1/8inch = 1mile
0 1 2
Icons © Green Map System, Inc. 2008 All rights reserved.
Scale:
18 : Q
La Plaza Cultural Armando Perez
9th Street & Avenue C
3 bin system with tumbler for mem-bers
only. Great art & amphitheater!
19 : j
Lower East Side Ecology
Center Garden
E. 7th St. btw Aves. B & C (north side)
Public drop off, any time through gate
opening. Community garden open
year-round: Sundays 8am to 5pm.
20 S
Franklin Roosevelt PS 34
730 E. 12th St.
Educational composting in historical
garden setting.
21 j g
6B Garden & 6BC Garden
E. 6th St. & Ave. B, corner & mid-block
Composting their own yard waste and
garden members’ food waste.
22 S
Earth School
600 E. 6th St.
Outdoor bins in school’s garden for
yard waste & students’ food waste.
23 b Q
East River Park
Delancey St. & FDR Drive
LESEC’s custom-built in-vessel food
waste system composts waste collect-ed
from their public drop off sites.
24 P b
Grand St. Fireboat House
Grand St. & FDR Drive
LESEC’s East River Park Environmen-tal
Learning Center. Compost & ecol-ogy
workshops & events, year-round!
25 S
PS 134
293 East Broadway
Classroom worm bins & garden
compost site in development.
26 S
New York University
Locations in Lower Manhatan
NYU’s 13 dining halls began com-posting
in 2008. Averaging 15 tons
per day, find out more about their
campus-wide greening program at
â NYU.edu/sustainability.
27 S
PS 2
122 Henry St.
Classroom worm bins.
28 S
City As School
16 Clarkson St.
Project Grow composting
entrepreneurship program.
29 b Q
Battery Park City Parks
Conservancy
Battery Park Pl. & Thames St.
Advanced compost systems for office
& supermarket food waste. Eco-smart
“Leave it on the Lawn” policy & wind-rows
for yard waste.
1 P b
Inwood Hill Park Nature Center
218th & Indian Rd.
Large-scale worm bin for community
& Center’s food waste. Educational
portable worm bin, too.
2 j 6
Riverside-Inwood Neighborhood
Garden (RING)
Dyckman, Riverside & Broadway triangle
3 compost bins, 2 wire holding
pens & worm bin. Schools program,
butterflies and more.
3 S .
Our Lady Queen of Martyrs School
71 Arden St.
Composting cafeteria waste in rooftop
garden.
4 j Q
Riley-Levin Children’s Garden
Swindler Cove Park
Harlem River Drive & Dyckman St.
Compost bin in children’s garden.
5 : j
West 181st Street
Beautification Project
880 W. 181st St.
Public drop off. Compost in beautiful
community garden with youth
leadership program.
6 :j
West 124th Street Community
Garden
Between Lenox & Fifth Aves.
Small but growing bin system and
8 j 6 workshops in Spanish & English!
Rodale Pleasant Park Garden
437 E. 114th St.
Three bin composters for yard and
tumbler for members’ food waste built
by NY Restoration Project, with rain-water
recycling and straw-bale shed!
9 b g
Central Park Conservancy
Compost Drive, near E. 105th St. behind
Conservatory Garden
CPC composts all the Park’s yard
waste in windrows. Everything from
fallen leaves to algae from the ponds!
11 j g
Clinton Community Garden
West 48th St. btw 9th and 10th Aves.
A “green sanctuary” since 1978 with
composting, bee hives and flower,
native plant and vegetable gardens.
12 ó 5
NYC Department of Sanitation
Special Household Waste
Drop Off Station
605 W. 30th St. btw 11 & 12 Aves
Check for info and open hours at
â NYC.gov/wasteless
13 S .
The School of the Future
127 E. 22nd St.
Vermicomposting of local business
waste and green roof!
14 P 6
Solar One
E. 23rd St. & FDR Drive
Educational worm bin for food waste.
Green building and arts, too!
15 b g
Stuyvesant Cove Park
E. 18th – 23rd St. & FDR Drive
3-bin compost system for yard waste,
mid-park. Riverside refreshment!
16 : 0
Union Square Greenmarket
17th St. & Park Ave. South
Public drop off & compost outreach
at LESEC’s stand, every MWF & Sat.
8am to 5pm. Get this map here!
17 j 6
Lower East Side Garden
E. 11th St. east of 1st Ave.
Composting in Open Road’s
student-designed garden.
Queens
Brooklyn
New
Jersey
Staten Island
Bronx
7 S
PS 76 A.P. Randolph School
220 W. 121st St.
Fun Roly Pig compost bin and
yard waste system.
10 S .
High School for Environmental Studies
444 W. 56th St.
Worm bins in classrooms, garden
waste composting on the green roof
& even a composting club.
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Think Global, Map Local!
As seen at â GreenMap.org, we have also
engaged 500 communities in over 50 countries
in charting a sustainable future
With this map, you can turn waste into rich new soil! Manhattan would be so
much greener if we all composted our food and yard waste. Join in! It’s easy,
effective and 100% sustainable. According to our partners at Lower East Side
Ecology Center, this map has doubled the amount of compostables being
dropped off at their Union Square Greenmarket stand (#16) and garden (#19)!
This third edition of Worms in the Green Apple was produced in autumn 2008
by Green Map ® System. At â GreenAppleMap.org, find composting case
studies, education resources and citywide, youth and energy-themed Green
Maps of NYC.
Compost Green Map of Manhattan
Worms in the Green Apple
LOWER
EAST SIDE
ECOLOGY
CENTER
Why Compost in NYC?
It’s nature’s way of recycling! Compost forms when biodegradable matter (listed below)
decomposes. The result is a dark, crumbly material that looks and feels like soil and
has an earthy smell. It’s much more! Mixed with soil,
compost slowly releases organic nutrients and improves water
retention, benefiting houseplants, window boxes, gardens,
parks and street trees.
The average NYC household discards two pounds of
organic waste each day. Citywide, that’s 1,000,000 tons
a year! Composting turns this mountain of material into a
renewable resource that helps green up NYC, indoors and out.
Composting is the most energy efficient kind of recycling, and
helps reduce the number of stinky garbage truck trips, too!
Getting Started!
It’s easy! Separate your food waste (see below) from the rest of your garbage in a reused
plastic shopping bag. You can store it in the freezer (no smell!). If you can’t have your own
worm bin indoors or outside, bring it to a :public food waste
composting site on this map in your tote bag, bike basket or
rolling suitcase. Or join a j community garden!
Go further! Lower East Side Ecology Center offers free
workshops: backyard composting, indoor vermicomposting,
composting for the classroom, “leave it on the lawn” yard
care and master composter certification courses. : Get
details on making or using compost on LESEC’s Rot Line:
212·477·3155 or email: info@lesecologycenter.org
Worm composting (vermicomposting) is an indoor method for
recycling food waste into rich compost. In your apartment,
basement, office or classroom, fill a container with moistened
newspaper and red worms, then continually add food and plant
waste. Excitingly, red wiggler worms eat half their weight in
food each day and leave worm castings (a.k.a. compost) behind,
so it’s extremely effective, even for busy New Yorkers! Free
workshops are held in every borough, year round – see schedule
at âNYCcompost.org
Produced by Green Map System
Researched by the Lower East Side Ecology Center
Supported by Greenacre Foundation and NYC Environmental Fund
Graphic design by Anya Farquhar, Jane Barber Design (1st edition).
Risa Ishikawa (2nd edition). Andrew Sass (3rd edition).
3nd edition © Green Map® System, Inc. 2008
Contact us at 212.674.1631 or apple@greenmap.org
: Online Resources
Department of Sanitation
â NYC.gov/wasteless
Reuse, reduction and recycling resources
for home, work or school. Or call 311.
Industrial & Technology Assistance Corp.
â itac.org
Helps businesses with waste reduction.
Base Map courtesy of the NYC Cycling Map of NYC Dept. of City Planning, Transportation Division,
Bicycle Network Development Program & Bytes of the Big Apple DCP Lion File. © Department of
City Planning. For informational purposes only – contents not guaranteed by Green Map System.
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(our 100% 5 paper provider) have all selected wind power for our electricity! You can
too. Switch your home, small business or organization at â NewWindEnergy.com/nyc.
For ratings, check â PowerScoreCard.org
Worms in the Green Apple: Vermicomposting
Interactive Composting Citywide
âOpenGreenMap.org/compostnyc
Explore Manhattan and add your own composting
images and insights in any language. In Spring
2009, this map goes citywide!
City Worm
â Cityworm.com
Art inspired by composting!
More Waste Reduction!
â freecycle.org â freegan.info
â mfta.org â craigslist.org
NYC Compost Project
â NYCcompost.org
City-wide workshops and compost give-backs
in 5 boroughs, funded by NYC Dept.
of Sanitation.
Lower East Side Ecology Center
â LESecologycenter.org
Waste reduction, environmental
education and open space stewardship;
eWaste (computers, etc.) recycling schedule.
Green Map System
â GreenAppleMap.org/page/compost
Case studies, links and updates. Youth
Reduce, Reuse and Recycle mapping
at â GreenAppleMap.org/page/modules
WHAT TO AVOID
Meat and Fish scraps
Cheese and Dairy products
Fats, Oils and Grease
Dog and Cat waste, Cat litter
Large branches
Pressure-treated Lumber
Invasive Weeds
Weeds with seeds
Pesticide-treated plants and grass
clippings (or leave it on the lawn)
Diseased plants
Vacuum cleaner dust
Coal and Charcoal ashes
Colored or glossy paper
Non-compostable materials such as:
Plastics, metals and glass
Anything with glue
BROWNS
materials that are rich in carbon
Fall leaves
Spent plants
Small twigs and Wood chips
Sawdust & Wood shavings
(hardwood only)
Shredded Newspaper
Egg shells and Nutshells
Corncobs
Bread and grains
Wood ashes
Old potting soil
Food-soiled Paper towels & Napkins
Dried flowers
Food-soiled Cardboard (recycle if clean)
Stale flour, Cereal, Spices, Beans
GREENS
materials that are rich in nitrogen
Fruit and Vegetable scraps
Coffee grounds and Filters
Tea bags
Fresh leaves
Green plants
Prunings and Hedge trimmings
Grass clippings (pesticide free)
Weeds (without seeds)
Flower bouquets
Seaweed
Feathers
Bio/Cornstarch based cups
Organic packing materials
Spoiled juice
What can I compost?
Step 1.
Add items continually.
Step 4.
To speed decomposition, turn
the heap every so often.
Step 3.
Dampen each layer.
Step 2.
Layer the bin with
green & brown waste.
Step 5.
Use the compost!
Mix with 2/3 soil.
note:
Make sure all
materials are in small
pieces to speed the
decomposition process.
Red wiggler worms
9. As seen in Central Park 19. Drop compostables any time
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