Old Salad Coming To A Park Slope Curb Near You

Image via earthcycle.comFor a while, now, the city has had a pilot program for curbside collection of food waste in Windsor Terrace.  But coming this spring, the program will expand to Park Slope, Gowanus and Sunset Park.  Since food scraps can be turned into compost that's used to fertilize gardens, and since the denizens of Park Slope just loooooooove the environment, everyone's expecting that this food scrap collecting plan is going to take off like baby Jesus wearing a jet pack inside a rocket ship that's strapped to the back of one of the Thundercats.

In other words, the city's got your number, Park Slope.

Here's how it's supposed to work:  You get small bucket for food scraps from the city to keep by the sink in your kitchen.  Williams-Sonoma will sell you a sink-side bucket for the low-low price of $49.95.  But this one comes from the city, and it's free!  Free stuff from the city!  Hoo-ray!  So, you collect your food scraps, and then right before recycling day, you dump your kitchen food waste into a larger bin that goes out on recycling day.  This bin can also include yard waste, if you're one of the seven people in Park Slope that have an actual yard.  Let's call it "garden waste" or maybe "planting bed" waste.  Or, "small patch of weeds that can only be accessed through the tenant's apartment waste."  Anyway--that goes in, too.

Here's what does not go in the compost bin:

-plastic.

-metal.

-glass.

-tires.

-old car batteries.

-aerosol Lysol cans.

-medical waste.

-feces.

-human remains.

But, food scraps, yard waste, and other organic garbage?  Soon, you'll be able to cart it down to your curb on trash day! Hoo-ray!

VIA DNAINFO.COM