NYC Compost Project Food Scrap Drop Off Site at Lehman College

Now is YOUR opportunity to learn how your household food waste can help grow our campus waste management efforts. Through our partnership with the NYC Compost Project, a community food scrap drop-off and composting site is now established on the Lehman College campus.

Please participate in our weekly Food Scrap Drop-Off every Monday from 8-10 am (location: Lehman College Gate 8, Bedford Park Blvd west & Paul Ave). You can also sign up to volunteer to learn community engagement skills or hands-on processing skills as you transform food scraps into compost. 

Your fruit- and vegetable peels, coffee grounds and egg shells are valuable resources and the NYC Compost Project is turning these materials into compost to beautify the Lehman College campus and surrounding community.

Community Food Scrap Drop-Off sites are an important facet of NYC’s effort to divert more compostable organic materials from landfill disposal. Food scraps account for approximately one-third of all materials disposed of in NYC. Together with neighborhood organics collection, these efforts turn a sizable chunk of waste into a valuable and useful product.

The weekly Food Scrap Drop-Off at Lehman College is a joint project of the NYC Compost Project and the Lehman College Campus Sustainability Council.

Links

• Bronx Green Up events
• NYC food-scrap drop-off sites
• NYC Department of Sanitation composting webinar
• Zero Waste NYC