Spoiler Alert is a B2B software company helping CPG companies manage excess and slow-moving inventory. Spoiler Alert digitizes the liquidation process in order to maximize value recovery, strengthen customer relationships, and increase the effectiveness of supply chain managers tasked with handling these typically manual sales processes. 

24/7 Community Fridge and Pantry on 9th St and Ave B, reducing food waste and food insecurity in the East Village/Lower East Side.

Accepting raw produce, cooked food, unopened perishable and non-perishables, pet food, and personal care items.

Backed by 30+ years of experience, Great Forest is a leader in sustainable waste management consulting. We work with companies and institutions globally to help them achieve sustainability goals by reducing waste while saving money and maximizing operational efficiency. Our areas of focus include Zero Waste consulting, employee education and waste audits. Our food waste audits, in particular, have helped food-service businesses reduce food waste and fight hunger at the same time through donations. Ask about our additional services including internal and external waste infrastructure optimization, data tracking, as well as our best practice guides, and other resources.

The Friendly Fridge BX is a community refrigerator initiative grounded in the principals of mutual aid. The first in the Bronx, this community fridge is located on the sidewalk on Broadway at 242nd Street underneath the last stop of the #1 train.

The NYC Compost Project Hosted by The New York Botanical Garden helps to reduce waste in NYC and rebuild City soils by giving New Yorkers the knowledge, skills, and opportunities they need to produce and use compost locally. This team focuses its work in the Bronx and provides education, outreach, technical support, and volunteer opportunities to NYC residents.

The NYC Compost Project Hosted by Queens Botanical Garden helps to reduce waste in NYC and rebuild city soils by giving New Yorkers the knowledge, skills, and opportunities they need to produce and use compost. The project is funded and managed by the NYC Department of Sanitation's Bureau of Recycling and Sustainability. This team focuses its work in Queens and provides education, outreach, technical support, and volunteer opportunities to NYC residents. This team also operates a compost site and food scrap drop-off sites.

The NYC Compost Project Hosted by Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden helps to reduce waste in NYC and rebuild city soils by giving New Yorkers the knowledge, skills, and opportunities they need to produce and use compost. The project is funded and managed by the NYC Department of Sanitation's Bureau of Recycling and Sustainability. This team focuses its work in Staten Island and provides education, outreach, technical support, and volunteer opportunities to NYC residents. This team also operates a compost site and food scrap drop-off sites.

The NYC Compost Project, created by the NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY) in 1993, works to rebuild NYC’s soils by providing New Yorkers with the knowledge, skills, and opportunities they need to produce and use compost locally. NYC Compost Project programs are carried out by teams of DSNY-funded staff at seven partner organizations: Big Reuse, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Earth Matter NY, LES Ecology Center, The New York Botanical Garden, Queens Botanical Garden, and Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden.

For more information visit: nyc.gov/compostproject
View educational brochures and tip sheets: makecompost.nyc/makecompost

The NYC Compost Project Hosted by Big Reuse is part of a community-scale composting network that works to rebuild our soils by providing New Yorkers with the knowledge, skills, and opportunities they need to produce and use compost locally. Big Reuse operates 2 DEC-registered compost sites in Queens and Brooklyn, runs a large network of public food scrap drop-off sites, supports community managed food scrap drop-off sites with hauling, and provides outreach and education to NYC residents.

The NYC Compost Project Hosted by Brooklyn Botanic Garden helps to reduce waste in NYC and rebuild city soils by giving New Yorkers the knowledge, skills, and opportunities they need to produce and use compost. The project is funded and managed by the NYC Department of Sanitation's Bureau of Recycling and Sustainability. This team focuses its work in Brooklyn and provides education, outreach, technical support, and volunteer opportunities to NYC residents.

Visit BBG’s Composting Exhibit, located near the Children's Garden, to see a variety of compost bins, organic materials in different stages of decomposition, and signs explaining the composting process.

Square Roots is the technology leader in urban indoor farming. Its mission is to bring local, fresh, real food to people in cities around the world - setting new standards for transparency and responsibility while empowering the next generation of leaders in agriculture.

Think Zero Home is a personalized coaching program designed to help individuals and families create a low or zero waste lifestyle and household.

Since 2015, the WWF-US Food Loss & Waste (FLW) team has worked to standardize FLW measurement and solutions across the value chain—from farms and suppliers, to the retail and hospitality sectors, to food service in schools.
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Waju is the only beverage brand to source water entirely from the naturally occurring water in real fruit. To create Waju, we have partnered with US fruit suppliers to sustainably save and upcycle water from organic fruit. For sale starting this summer.

At Seconds™ we are on a mission to reduce food waste by making sustainable snacking delicious, healthy & fun.

With 40% of food wasted in America alone, we could no longer sit on the sidelines. 40%?! Hard to believe, right? It's true, 80 billion pounds of food is wasted in America every year. That’s over 200 pounds per person.

How does this happen? A big part (43%) happens at home. Forgetting about something in the back of your fridge, shopping while hungry, or an aversion to leftovers are just a few common habits that lead to wasting food at home.  While we cannot rescue food from your fridge, we can work with fine food makers and produce growers to upcycle pulp and peels to make an amazing snack cracker- Seconds™!

Verum Ingredients was founded in 2016 with the strongest commitment to deliver true, premium food ingredients to demanding clients and support the development of great, health-promoting products.

A creative Japanese inspired food brand made from upcycled food byproducts.

The Zero Waste Design Guidelines address the crucial role that design plays in achieving NYC’s ambitious goal, outlined in OneNYC, to send zero waste to landfills by 2030. The Guidelines were developed through a collaborative process starting in November 2016. More than 100 collaborators—including architects, planners, developers, city officials, waste haulers, recycling experts and building managers —engaged in multidisciplinary workshops at New York’s Center for Architecture. The guidelines team visited more than 40 buildings and held discussions with porters and supers to fully understand waste collection issues across building types.

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the American Hotel and Lodging Association (AHLA), with support from The Rockefeller Foundation, came together to work with the hospitality industry on understanding and reducing food waste. Through research and a series of demonstration projects with properties across the country, innovative strategies were identified to engage staff, partners and guests in cutting waste from hotel kitchens.

Through our national Save the Food campaign, we’re raising awareness among consumers—the number one source of wasted food in the United States—and arming them with practical tips and tools to cut food waste at home.

Lighthouse is a farm to table, modern-mediterranean restaurant in Williamsburg Brooklyn. Focused on progressive social and environmental practices.

The Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic serves partner organizations, communities, and governments in the U.S. and globally by providing law and policy guidance on food system issues, including food waste and food recovery.

Re-Nuble is an agricultural technology company that uses organic cycling science™ technology to transform unrecoverable vegetative food byproducts into a platform of sustainable technologies for soilless farming. Our closed-loop process transforms unrecoverable food byproducts into organic goods while eliminating landfill waste and greenhouse gasses.

Unique compost collection service using the Japanese method of fermentation, Vokashi helps households and small offices with kitchenettes or pantries manage their food scraps. We provide the EM-1(R) inoculated bran that begins the fermentation process and allows us to collect all food scraps including meats, dairy, bones - in fact the entire urban diet. And Vokashi processes all of the material it collects in unique pits and trenches which allows us to use unique green spaces like golf courses for composting.

At Waste Connections NYC, we provide a variety of commercial waste and recycling services to keep New York City and your place of business clean. We have served Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn for over 20 years and continue to do so with pride. We have the knowledge, state-of-the-art trucks, and equipment to get any-sized job done right and safely.

COMMERCIAL WASTE & RECYCLING CURBSIDE PICKUP
Waste Connections NYC Provides Removal of Trash and Recycling Right From Your Place of Business

COMMERCIAL ORGANIC WASTE
Waste Connections NYC will remove your commercial collection of organic waste, diverting it from the landfill and increasing your recycling yield.

COMMERCIAL TRASH COMPACTORS
Waste Connections rents, sells, and services commercial trash compactors for businesses.

DUMPSTER RENTALS & CONTAINER SERVICE
Our quality fleet and equipment will help with your roll-off dumpster and commercial dumpster rental needs.

At Eco-Products, we understand the connection between the health of our planet and the impacts of disposable packaging. Every day we work to advance Zero Waste systems, and help our customers be better stewards of the environment.

Through in person and online classes, and a critically acclaimed cookbook, Purple Kale Kitchenworks teaches eager home cooks to be more resourceful and creative in the kitchen.  With our instruction, you'll learn to cook more confidently both when working with recipes you love, and when improvising a meal of your own.  Our ingredient-first approach will have you cooking better and wasting less food.

We work with nature to reduce waste and create abundance for all by creating 2x longer-lasting produce that’s better for you and the planet.

Explore our database of 700+ organizations to connect with Solution Providers, offering products and services to help you reduce food waste.

About 40% of all food produced in the U.S. is wasted. Take the 7-day challenge to start making the most of your meals, then share your story with #EraseFoodWaste to inspire others to join.

Cooking Scrappy saves you money, helps to save the planet, and ups your cooking game. Joel stands for the bruised, the forgotten, and the back of the fridge.

The Office of Food Policy is a Mayoral office that works to advance the City’s efforts to increase food security, promote access to and consumption of healthy foods, and support economic opportunity and environmental sustainability in the food system.

The James Beard Foundation’s comprehensive book on full-use cooking—how to use all the food you buy and avoid food waste—featuring innovative recipes and tips from chefs across the country.

During the COVID-19 public health crisis, New York City is taking steps to make sure every New Yorker has access to the food they need.

On November 20, 2019, Mayor de Blasio signed into law LL199 of 2019, requiring the establishment of Commercial Waste Zones throughout New York City. The CWZ program will divide the city into 20 zones, each served by up to three carters selected through a competitive process. This approach will reduce truck traffic associated with commercial waste collection by 50 percent, eliminating millions of heavy-duty truck miles from NYC streets every year, while strengthening service standards and allowing for customer choice.

The Bill Emerson Food Donation Act establishes Federal protection from civil and criminal liability for persons involved in the donation and distribution of food and grocery products to needy individuals when certain criteria are met.

Certain New York City establishments are required by law to separate their organic waste. Learn more if you fall into this requirement and how you comply here.

Effective January 1, 2022, the NYS Food Donation and Food Scraps Recycling law requires businesses and institutions that generate an annual average of two tons of wasted food per week or more must: donate excess edible food; and recycle all remaining food scraps if they are within 25 miles of an organics recycler. Learn more here.

When Congress writes an environmental law, the EPA implement it by writing federal regulations. Often, we set national standards that states and tribes enforce through their own regulations. If they fail to meet the national standards, we can help them. We also enforce our regulations, and help companies understand the requirements.

This map was initially developed in July 2020 to help keep track of the community fridges started by mutual aid groups.

Think Zero LLC is an innovative waste reduction, diversion, and zero waste consulting firm specializing in helping corporations and real estate owners and developers reach and exceed their waste reduction and diversion goals, and meet or exceed all waste-related regulations. We are M/WBE certified by the City of New York. We work across the US, with offices in New York and Colorado, helping people reduce the amount of waste they generate.

The Bronx SWAB will seek to uphold and advance New York City’s Zero Waste by 2030 goal. Additionally, responsibilities of The SWAB will include providing policy input and engaging with local communities on all matters pertaining to environmental justice and sustainability.

Created in created in 1989 under Local Law 19, the MSWAB advances ideas, insights, and initiatives to achieve NYC’s Zero Waste x 2030 goal.

The Brooklyn Solid Waste Advisory Board (BkSWAB) is a volunteer citizens’ advisory board dedicated to helping our borough contribute to New York City's zero waste goals.

Upcycled Food Association (UFA) is a nonprofit focused on reducing food waste by growing the upcycled food economy. It was created in 2019 by upcycled food companies themselves, who recognized the power of collaboration in growing a successful food category and environmental movement. Join us as we build the sustainable food system of the future.

DEP's mission is to protect public health and the environment by supplying clean drinking water, collecting and treating wastewater, and reducing air, noise, and hazardous materials pollution.

Waste Management of New York (WMNY), in cooperation with the NYC Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP) and the Department of Sanitation (DSNY), is proud to operate the city’s first large scale food waste to digestion recovery facility, a cost-effective alternative for turning food waste into renewable energy. Waste Management’s patented CORe® process is an innovative solution that recycles pre- and post-consumer food wastes into EBS®, an organic slurry product used to generate renewable green energy. The CORe® process converts food waste into a high-quality organic feedstock used for co-digestion in municipal anaerobic digesters. WMNY operates the CORe® food waste recycling facility within its existing Varick Avenue Transfer Station solid waste transfer premises in Brooklyn. At this site, food waste is processed into EBS® using our proprietary CORe® process. The EBS® is delivered to the NYCDEP’s Newtown Creek waste water resource recovery facility. It’s added to the plant’s anaerobic digestion system to increase the production of renewable biogas which will be delivered to the natural gas distribution system.

As a regulatory and law enforcement agency, the Business Integrity Commission seeks to eliminate organized crime and other forms of corruption and criminality from the commercial waste hauling industry and the City’s public wholesale markets. BIC’s various goals include: ensuring that our licensed and regulated businesses possess good character, honesty and integrity; keeping marketplaces free from corruption; providing an environment where customers and competing businesses receive fair treatment; and regulating safety in the trade waste industry, particularly to improve safety on the City’s streets for all pedestrians, cyclists and motorists, in alignment with Mayor de Blasio’s Vision Zero initiative.

The QSWAB is made up of a diverse group of Queens residents, business owners, civic leaders, and advocates who care about how waste affects our borough and share the goal to support efforts that move our City to a future in which all resources are recovered and no waste is wasted.

DSNY’s donateNYC Food Portal helps businesses and nonprofits donate food by facilitating efficient, appropriate donations to organizations that support their community. Donors post available food and an algorithm rapidly notifies the best-matched recipient organization that food is available.

Matriark Foods upcycles farm surplus and fresh-cut remnants into healthy affordable products for institutional foodservice, diverting food from landfills and reducing greenhouse gas emissions while feeding communities the healthy food they deserve.

Common Ground Compost is a zero waste services company, specializing in program and infrastructure design, diversion, analytics, and system implementation. Our divisions include Reclaimed Organics and Office Composting, providing food scrap collection service in Manhattan for residents, offices and businesses; and Waste in the Community, our environmental equity, justice, advocacy and education department. We are also active in #SaveOurCompost and the NYC MicroHauler and Processors Trade Association.

Closed Loop Partners is a New York-based investment firm comprised of venture capital, growth equity, private equity, project-based finance and an innovation center focused on building the circular economy. The firm has built an ecosystem that connects entrepreneurs, industry experts, global consumer goods companies, retailers, financial institutions and municipalities, bridging gaps and fostering synergies to scale the circular economy.

As a premier recycler of organic residuals throughout the US, WeCare Denali, LLC proudly operates compost facilities for the DSNY. The compost created here, Big Apple Compost, is sold to landscapers, site work contractors, agriculture, wholesale, and more. WeCare Denali also teams up with DSNY to ensure compost is donated to community gardens throughout the city.

Commit to Green makes plastic-free packaging out of resin derived from plants and cornstarch. When our products are recycled in the right compost environment, they turn into H20, C02 and Humus, providing nutrients to the soil in just 180 days.

White Moustache has made it it's mission to celebrate every single drop of milk used to make our decadent yogurt and nutritious whey. What is normally treated as a food waste by all other American yogurt companies, we center our entire business on treating yogurt as liquid gold. Owned and founded by two Iranian born sisters.

Rethink Food is a nonprofit whose mission is to create a more sustainable and equitable food system. During the pandemic Rethink Food launched Rethink Certified, a partnership program that provides grants and resources to local restaurants, so they can prepare community meals as a part of their daily operation.

Established in 2011, the GrowNYC Compost Program strives to make composting second-nature for all New Yorkers by operating residential Food Scrap Drop-off sites and partnering with community composting facilities to make compost locally.

ORCA has developed a hyperlocal solution to organic waste management by developing an onsite aerobic digester, who's mission is to take every garbage truck off the road! ORCA uses microorganisms and oxygen to rapidly digest 100% of food waste into an environmentally safe effluent that flows into the city's existing waste water infrastructure. The ORCA also comes with a diversion tracking software that automatically tracks your food waste diversion and will convert your data into sustainability metrics for your organization's environmental goals! The ORCA does not produce any solid by-product and is NSF certified kitchen grade stainless steel that smoothly integrates into any workspace. We provide cost benefits, operation efficiencies, and compliance for organic diversion by-laws.

Rescuing Leftover Cuisine is a national 501(c)3 non-profit food rescue organization, headquartered in New York City, that provides solutions to prevent food waste. Our services include scheduled and one-off pickups of excess food, delivery of food, and tax credit assistance.

We are a recycler of edible waste from food manufacturing facilities. We turn edible waste into cattle and pig feed. We are contracted with numerous food manufacturers in the NE USA and S. Ontario Canada. We are available anytime to evaluate the volume, viability, and value of edible waste materials.

Food Waste Experts provides consulting services implementing strategies using cutting-edge sustainable solutions to reduce food scraps, create value from food before becoming food scraps, and maximizing value when treating food scraps onsite.

City Harvest is NYC’s first and largest food rescue organization, helping to feed millions of New Yorkers each year. We rescue nutritious food and deliver it, free of charge, to hundreds of soup kitchens and food pantries across the city.

Full Circle Home makes beautiful home care products from safe and sustainable materials to benefit this and future generations.

Replate is a national technology-driven nonprofit organization, which aims to reduce food waste produced by restaurants, caterers, food distributors, offices and other corporations by matching those businesses with local organizations in need of support, and directly delivering surplus food. Our patented algorithms enable us to identify food donors and locations, connect them with nearby food rescuers, and propose the most efficient path to distribute the food. To date, we operate in most major cities across the U.S., and have rescued nearly 3 million pounds of food.

The US Composting Council advances compost manufacturing, compost utilization, and organics recycling to benefit our members, society, and the environment.

NYSP2I, sponsored by the Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) through the Environmental Protection Fund, offers businesses, municipalities, and community organizations resources and solutions for pollution prevention, including identifying practical, cost-effective solutions for diverting, preventing, and managing food waste.

BioHiTech (NASDAQ: BHTG), is a technology and environmental company focused on reducing the environmental impact of the waste management industry through the development and deployment of cost-effective on-site processing equipment and real-time data analytics tools to reduce food waste generation.

Our “Make Taste, Not Waste” initiatives ambition is two-fold. Raise awareness of the issue of household food waste and provide practical, effective solutions that help people reduce the amount of edible food they throw away in their homes – focused on the ingredients they have in their fridges.

Just Salad is a restaurant concept with a mission to make everyday health and everyday sustainability possible. Founded in New York City in 2006, Just Salad is home to the world's largest restaurant reusable bowl program, which has kept up to 75,000 pounds of waste out of landfills annually. Just Salad seeks to minimize food waste by donating and selling surplus food, working with partners like Chelsea Fridge and Too Good to Go, as well as by composting. To learn more about Just Salad, visit justsalad.com.

Over the last decade, U.S. Hunger has activated more than 800,000 volunteers to distribute over 150 million meals across the globe. We address hunger by engaging volunteers, educating on the root causes of food insecurity, and creating access to nutritious meals for low-income families and individuals.

Foodprint Group is a women-owned Brooklyn-based zero waste business. Through our proven zero waste approach, web-based tools and expertise, we help our clients reduce waste and move valuable resources into the circular economy.

Farm to People is an online grocery delivery service sourcing seasonally from small-scale local farmers and across the country, delivering to the New York metropolitan area.Their mission is to make it easier to eat well at home by curating farm shares and a marketplace with the best seasonal, local produce, sustainable meat and fish, and ethical grocery staples. They use minimal packaging and avoid using plastic whenever possible. Their insulation is made with recycled paper waste and is fully recyclable with cardboard. Their ice packs are drain-safe, and can be diluted and used as plant food.

FoodFarmacy, enabling community health programs to flourish. We source, manage, and execute the delivery of fresh produce and healthy meals on behalf of healthcare providers, resulting in better patient outcomes.

The Compost Manufacturing Alliance (CMA) is partnered with compost facilities across North America to certify compostables to both lab (ASTM D6400/D6868) and compost facility standards. CMA is working in partnership with WeCare Denali to educate municipalities, waste generators, haulers and residents in New York state on the products that work best in real world compost production scenarios. CMA works with international brands and product developers using a circular economy platform to connect the science of compostable products development to the science of of industrial scale composting operations. We are here to answer your questions on compostables, commercial collection system design, contamination reduction strategies, and compostable product labelling legislation trends.

The Bronx Community Foundation is the first and only community Foundation in The Bronx. We support, work alongside, and uplift organizations already doing great work in The Bronx! Our Food Sovereignty Network supports existing organization in The Bronx including nonprofits, grassroots organizations, and/or small businesses continue to fight food insecurity in our community.

NYC DOH is one of the largest public health agencies in the world. We are also one of the nation's oldest public health agencies, with more than 200 years of leadership in the field. Every day, we protect and promote the health of 8 million New Yorkers. Our work is broad-ranging. You see us in the inspection grades of dining establishments, the licenses dogs wear, the low- to no-cost health clinics in your neighborhood and the birth certificates for our youngest New Yorkers. We are also behind the scenes with our disease detectives, investigating suspicious clusters of illness. Our epidemiologists study the patterns, causes and effects of health and disease conditions in New York City neighborhoods. These studies shape policy decisions and the City's health agenda.

We are Imperfect Foods, we are reimagining grocery delivery for a kinder, less wasteful world. We offer thoughtful eaters sustainable, affordable groceries that make the weekly chore of shopping an effortless and delightful experience. With scheduled weekly deliveries, our customers save time, money, and the planet.

BK ROT is a Bushwick-based, community centered, closed loop, fossil fuel-free approach to food waste, powered by youth. Youth collect residential and commercial organic waste by bike and from our public drop off, and transform it into compost. Through composting, we uplift youth of color, restore green spaces and model a regenerative economy.

The NYC Microhaulers and Processors Trade Association (MPTA) is a coalition of New York City small business enterprises recovering and processing food scraps and organic material locally to reduce waste destined for landfills. Our collective goals include reducing the carbon footprints of our communities, improving transparency between waste generators and organics collectors, decentralizing waste collection through routing efficiency, localizing the reuse of waste as a resource, developing local and accessible economic opportunities, and providing education and advocacy.

Billion Oyster Project (BOP) is a non-profit with a mission to restore oyster reefs to NY Harbor through public education initiatives. BOP’s Shell Collection Program does its part within this large scale effort by supplying oyster shells collected from NYC restaurants. Oyster shells form the foundation of our reef structures, with up to 20 young oysters settling on each recycled shell. BOP works closely with restaurant partners to educate restaurant employees & diners about oyster restoration in NY Harbor.

At RTS, we believe in a more sustainable solution to garbage collection. Our digitally connected fleet operates in sync with your organization to help make waste disposal easier, smarter, and more responsible. We offer both on-demand and recurring collections so you can deal with variable needs across multiple locations. As a smarter, more waste conscious service provider, we give companies the tools and training they need to measure and meet their sustainability goals.

The Ecofairy transforms food waste into rich and ripe fertilizer within 24 hours or less. We are encouraging people to reduce their waste, reduce costs and reduce impact.

Earth Matter NY Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the art, science, and application of composting in and around New York City. Earth Matter NY accepts and processes food waste generated by NYC residents, including through a partnership with DSNY’s NYC Compost Project. Through a partnership with The Trust for Governors Island, we process all of the landscape waste and food waste generated by island partners and visitors of Governors Island.

Mr. T Carting is a family-owned compost, recycling and waste company servicing commercial and residential customers in western Queens, northern Brooklyn and Manhattan below 59th street. We’ve been keeping New York City clean since 1947. Our vision is to raise the standard of excellence in the recycling and waste management industry, provide solutions that exceed expectations, benefit our customers, and protect the environment. We have thrived through a commitment to innovation, safety and our core values. We don’t just haul trash that adds to landfills. We help our clients explore their pathway to achieving Zero Waste, and operate our own recycling, sorting, processing and vehicle maintenance facilities.

The LES Ecology Center (Ecology Center) has pioneered community-based models in urban sustainability since 1987. We provide unique e-waste and composting services, environmental stewardship opportunities, and educational programming to all New Yorkers who want to learn about environmental issues and take responsibility for creating solutions through action.

Too Good To Go is the certified B-Corp and tech-for-good company powering the world’s #1 app for fighting food waste to create a greener planet. The Too Good To Go app connects consumers with surplus from local restaurants, bakeries, cafes and grocery stores at the end of each business day, so delicious food doesn’t go to waste.

Q Gardens Community Farm (“Q Gardens”) consists of a group of neighbors in the Flatbush area of Brooklyn, NY, who have joined to convert an unused lot into a productive and welcoming community garden. Our mission is to convert a formerly unused lot into a beautiful, productive community garden that provides: a welcoming, public green space that is open at least 10 hours each week; a local source of fresh, pesticide-free fruits, vegetables, flowers, and herbs; a space for children and adults to learn about and actively participate in gardening, composting, and sustainability projects; a community composting site for diverting food waste from landfills and producing nutrient-rich compost; and a space for building community, connecting with nature, and hosting arts and cultural events.

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The Prospect Farm is a non-profit, cooperative project in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn, that is working together to grow food in a formerly vacant lot, owned by Tom Angotti and Emma Matos, with the mission toward creating a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Farm that can serve our community. Since March 2010 Prospect Farm has been a community project development toward producing healthy local food as an alternative to industrial food. Our objective is diversity in food production and membership. We are slowly creating healthy soil through our community composting project and farm without chemical fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides. Prospect Farm is a community association with membership open to all. Members improve and farm the land and sustain ties with local residents, businesses and organizations. We support the Brooklyn Food Coalition and other initiatives for food sovereignty and food justice.

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EcoRich provides on-site in-vessel food waste to composting solutions. Our services include installation, after-sale service, and compost pick up in the tri-state area. We have machines for everything from coffee shops, to apartment buildings, to the food processing plant.

Drop-off composting is one way residents can put their food and yard waste to good use, instead of being sent to a landfill. Visit our map below to find your closest site and start composting!