After a five-month break as COVID-19 swept New York City, GrowNYC’s food scrap drop-off site has returned to the McCarren Park Greenmarket (N 12 Street and Driggs Avenue) on Saturdays from 8 a.m. – 12 p.m., year-round.
Accepted food scraps include fruit and vegetables, non-greasy foods (rice, pasta, bread, grains and cereal), coffee grounds and filters, tea bags, egg shells and nuts, cut flowers and houseplants, soiled brown paper products and potting soil.
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