Compost for Brooklyn, over on East 8th and Newkirk, does wonderful work, but board member Louise Bruce emails a request as the summer gets hot:
Compost for Brooklyn has an important favor to ask of you. Lately, we have noticed an increase in drop-offs outside of open hours. As no one is present to open the gate and put organic waste in the bins, bags are left hanging on the fence or on the sidewalk. This causes several problems. It attracts rodents, produces unpleasant odors, and is unsightly. Most importantly, these food scraps are very messy and unsanitary for our volunteers to clean up. Therefore, moving forward, Compost for Brooklyn will only accept compost that is dropped off during open hours. All other drop-offs will be put in the garbage.
We greatly appreciate your kind consideration of this new policy. We completely understand what it is like to have a freezer full of food scraps, and we are working hard to improve our services. We welcome any comments or suggestions that you might have at compostforbrooklyn@gmail.com.
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Finally, if you would like to help Compost for Brooklyn expand our drop-off service, please consider volunteering to host open hours.
The hours -- Thursday evenings and Weekend afternoons -- are here.