Long Island is finally catching up with the rest of NY. We will be launching the first ever food scrap drop-off site in May 2023, where Town of Riverhead residents will be able to bring their food scraps to be composted. Thanks to the Long Island Organics Council and our partners on the east end […]
On May 11, 2023, we will launch our Food Scrap Drop-Off Pilot Program in Riverhead, NY. It will be the first food scrap drop-off site on Long Island! Town of Riverhead residents will now be able to bring their food scraps to a site to be composted.
Join us for our next public meeting with guest speakers, Christina Johnson, Monique Fitzgerald, and Lynne Maher from The Anti-Landfill Community Composting (ALCC), where we will learn all about how this group came about and what they are doing to divert food waste in their community. The Anti-Landfill Community Composting (ALCC) is a direct action […]
Join us for our next public meeting with guest speaker Mary Foster Morgan, manager of a new program being rolled out to give East Enders yet another option to recycle food scraps into compost.
Panelists Mark Haubner, Mary Morgan and Margaret Rose de Cruz will talk about the environmental impact of trash and ways we can improve our carbon footprint through reusing, recycling, upcycling and repairing goods. Mark Haubner is Chair of the Environmental Advisory Committee for the Town of Riverhead and on the Climate Smart Communities Task Force. […]
Join us on Thursday, November 30, at 7 pm with our meeting guest speaker, Gloria Frazee who will be discussing Long Island’s second food scrap drop-off site in East Hampton. East Hampton Compost is a community food scrap drop-off program that launched with a 12-week pilot in the summer of 2023. The pilot's key goals […]