UpdatedTue, Dec 15, 2020 at 6:35 pm ET
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The community composting site Big Reuse, located under the Queensboro Bridge, is pictured in 2018. (Courtesy of Big Reuse)
LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS In the shadow of the Queensboro Bridge, a battleground has formed between what may seem, at least superficially, to be two sides of the same coin: a community composting site and the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation.
The composting site, Big Reuse, is the tenant and the parks department its landlord. For years, their relationship has been symbiotic: The parks department allows Big Reuse to use its site for free, and Big Reuse turns the agency s yard waste into fresh, nutrient-rich soil.