The Challenge
Proving the Value of an Updated Process
Big Reuse is a non-profit, community composting project that is funded by and is part of the Department of Sanitation New York (DSNY) project for the residential drop off of food scraps. The project site is under the Queensboro Bridge in Queens (Long Island City neighborhood) with apartment complexes located within 200 feet of the site location.
Project Details
- Site Name: The NYC Compost Project
- Ownership: Big Reuse
- Location: Long Island City, NY
- Start-Up: 2014 / Facility Upgrade 2017
- Product: SG Mobile® System with GORE® Covers
- Input quantity: 100 tons/batch = approximately 650 TPY
- No. of Heaps:1 heap, 1 covered, 50 ft. x 26 ft. x 9 ft. each
- Treatment Time: 12 weeks / Positive Air ASP
- Aeration: On-floor Pipe
- Control Parameters: Oxygen Control Mode
- Input material: Source Separated Organics (Residential Drop-off) / Wood Chips & Yard Waste
- Equipment: Pre-Treatment (Mixer) / Skid Steer / Mobile Screen
- End Product: High Quality Finished Compost