Who We Are

NYCLeaves is a volunteer-run, neighborhood-based coalition of community gardens, botanical gardens, greening groups, environmental organizations, City agencies and community partners dedicated to reducing the amount of useable organic material that currently ends up in our wastestream.

Project LeafDrop gives New Yorkers the opportunity to move fallen leaves from the trash bin to the compost bin where it will be transformed into fertile "brown gold" for use in local greening projects.

Questions? Comments? Skills? Want to get involved? Email us at: compost [at] nycleaves.org.

 

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The Fall of ’09

Five Boroughs. A Million Trees. Falling Leaves = Garbage or Gold?

Until 2008, the City collected 20,000 tons of leaves each year from residential trees and composted them in municipal facilities. The compost was then returned to us through community gardens, parks, and public givebacks to help us improve our soil –  enriching our trees, [...]