Wanna know something cool about Staten Island? Not only is it home to the only City-run household organics composting facility in the five boroughs, but also, Staten Islanders are the very best in the city at composting.
Could it be because, unlike the rest of the five boroughs, many of the homes on Staten Island are single-family with yard waste like leaves? Probably. But could it also be because Staten Islanders have an insanely efficient composting facility at their doorstep? One which gives away extraordinary, sweet-smelling compost to locals who come by on their bikes on weekends to pick it up and grow giant tomatoes, in a beautiful, circular ecosystem of decay and renewal? We like to think so!…