This is my indoor compost that I have been enjoying for a few months. I attended a compost workshop organized by the Lower East Side Ecology Center with the option to buy a full set (box+worms) for 10 dollars (subsidized by the Department of Sanitation).

So far so wonderful – it’s quite exciting so see the worms turn my fine organic food scraps into compost that I can use on my plants or dump it on any nutrient-deprived New York City tree. The worms need very little care, they can feed off the New York Times snippets that are used as “bedding” and to burry the organic waste. No smells come out of the closed box, the worms procreate and you do not need to buy more over time.

Contact the good people at the Lower East Side Ecology Center if you are interested in ANY kind of composting. And for even more resources check out New York City’s Compost Project with many more resources. You can even get a composter certificate and teach others how to compost or get a master composter to come into your class and teach about composting.

If you do not see yourself feeding worms, there are drop off locations for your food scraps (contact first to ensure!), which you could collect in a bag/bin in your freezer until the day of disposal to counter and nasty smells.