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A few days a week, a colorfully painted box truck can be spotted weaving through the narrow streets of Lower Manhattan to pick up food scraps and bring them to a compost yard in East River Park. When they arrive at the yard, Kellan Stanner goes through the freshly collected scraps half of a scooped-out watermelon, warped vegetable stems, lopsided apple cores looking for anything that can t be composted.
After Stanner, who manages the compost operation at the Lower East Side Ecology Center (LESEC), decontaminates the pile, he ll mix the fresh scraps with wood chips to create just the right balance of carbon and nitrogen in order to replicate the natural process of decomposition, he says.
Snake Hill Road clean-up set for Wednesday, volunteers wanted
Updated Mar 12, 2021;
Posted Mar 12, 2021
Council members Steven Matteo and Joseph Borelli are seeking volunteers to help clean up Snake Hill Road on Wednesday, Mar. 17. (Staten Island Advance)Staff-Shot
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. One of the borough’s most infamous roadways will be closed for cleaning next week and local elected officials are looking for your help.
Councilman Steven Matteo (R-Mid-Island) and Councilman Joseph Borelli (R-South Shore) have partnered with the New York City Parks Department to clean up Snake Hill Road, a portion of Richmond Hill Road, from the entrance to LaTourette Golf Course to Arthur Kill Road and Historic Richmond Town, that’s earned its nickname from its steep incline and winding roadway.
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