NEW YORK -- A local organization rallied outside the city's Parks Department in Central Park on Monday in an effort to save its compost site that will be closing this summer.Big Reuse, a nonprofit that works to fight climate change through zero-waste initiatives, says its 10-year-old compost site in Long Island City is being evicted from a city-owned lot and has been told it needs to be out by June 30.
Big Reuse said the one location helps contribute to the majority of compost it makes, adding the site in jeopardy helps take in 2 million pounds of food scraps and yard waste annually, including waste it receives from the Parks Department.'We're taking the off cuts and trimmings from Parks, we're turning it into really great compost, and we're giving a huge majority of composts back to Parks,' said Gil Lopez, the compost and event coordinator at Big Reuse.
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