Community members have volunteered to bring you this list and reduce waste in Brooklyn and NYC.  You don't have to bring your waste to the market to compost it: below is a list of sites we know about in Brooklyn that accept food waste for composting year round.  Some sites also make finished compost available for public use. We're working hard to keep this up to date, but please contact Alice or Amanda at http://www.openplans.org/projects/compost if you see an error.

Compost at the Fort Greene Farmer's Market!
Food waste can be dropped off at the Fort Greene Farmers Market, Corner of Dekalb and Washington Park, every Saturday between the hours of 9 am and 3 pm. There is a labeled pail with a lid and you are asked to dump waste but do not put any trash or plastic bags in the pail. The waste is brought to one of the three local gardens (2-5) listed below or sent back with local farmers.

Greene Acres Community Garden
Corner of Franklin and Greene Avenues. Greene Acres accepts food waste throughout the year. Compost membership is $5--get your own key and drop off compost whenever you want. Open hours are posted on the gate, and the public can drop off compost any time the garden is open.
Contact Amanda at 718 783 5984 or stop by when the garden is open.
http://greeneacres.interactivist.net

Brooklyn Bears Carlton Avenue Community Garden
Carlton Avenue between Greene and Fulton. Carlton Avenue garden accepts food waste during open hours. Contact Roy at 718 852 5096

Hollenback Community Garden
Washington Avenue between Gates & Greene. Site has neighborhood drop off and screened finished compost available for pickup.

Clinton Hill CSA Distribution Site
This site no longer accepts outside compost drop offs.

Garden of Union
Union Avenue between 5th and 6th Avenue in Park Sloope. Garden of Union with the help of Open Road of NY has upgraded their system to process neighborhood waste and all of the Park Sloop Food Co-op’s waste.

Underwood Park
Waverly Street side of the park next to the rose garden. There is a green plastic bin for food scraps and there are open wooden bins for yard waste. The area is open whenever the park is open (sunrise to sunset). Tools (pitchforks, shovels, rakes, gloves, etc) are available in the park house when attendants are on duty. We ask that people bringing food scraps take leaves from the open bins to mix with their food in the green food compost bin; and participate in general compost area maintenance. People interested in composting at should contact us, and join the Underwood park email list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/U-Park/
Shawn Onsgard sonsgard@earthlink.net or 917.553.2064

6/15 Green Community Garden
6th Avenue and 15th St in Park Slope
The 6/15 Green Community Garden offers a composting membership for composters interested in having the freedom to drop off anytime as well as working with the garden and composting program. There is a $10 membership fee which helps pay for insurance, compost bin maintenance and development of composting outreach, demonstrations, and on-site visits. Compost members are also welcome to take compost home.
http://www.615green.org/
Compost & waste prevention hotline: 718.707.1777 ext 3

NYC Department of Sanitation publicizes special pickup dates for yard waste.

Brooklyn Botanical Garden sells compost bins for homes and yards and hosts workshops. For BBG compost resources call 718.623.7290