Composting Pumpkins

A first time composting effort in Chelsea pays off — many jack o’lanterns were composted at the PS11 Garden and Clement Clark Moore Park, the two drop-off sites. Among the helpers were a class of master composters and students from the High School for Fashion Design who showed off their clothing made from recycled plastic bottles and upcycled packaged food containers. The day was beautiful, really cool and crisp but very pleasant in the sunshine. Many thanks to the 300 Block Association for putting the whole thing together. Other organizations participating were TreesNY, the Chelsea Garden Club and the NYC Compost Project in Manhattan / Lower East Side Ecology Center.

Western Queens Compost Initiative's truck parked with volunteers helping to compost pumpkins.