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**djmassk** · 05-19-2006, 07:00 AM

March 7, 2004

Bring Back Composting

To the Editor:

Re "City to Resume Full Recycling but Expects Some Confusion" (news article, March 4):

When Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg suspended recycling in 2002, the citywide composting program was eliminated. Composting is the purest form of waste prevention and recycling. Although it costs the city, as do other recycling programs, composting of the city's 19,000 tons of leaves results in a valuable product and avoids trucking it to out-of-state landfills or incinerators.

This black gold was distributed throughout the five boroughs to community gardens, schools and churches as well as to individual residents for no charge. Why is there no mention of composting coming back to the city?

PATTY KLEINBERG
Douglaston, Queens, March 4, 2004
The writer is director of education at Queens Botanical Garden.

Copyright 2004 The New York Times Company

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djmassk Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 461 Senior Member	March 7, 2004 Bring Back Composting To the Editor: Re "City to Resume Full Recycling but Expects Some Confusion" (news article, March 4): When Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg suspended recycling in 2002, the citywide composting program was eliminated. Composting is the purest form of waste prevention and recycling. Although it costs the city, as do other recycling programs, composting of the city's 19,000 tons of leaves results in a valuable product and avoids trucking it to out-of-state landfills or incinerators. This black gold was distributed throughout the five boroughs to community gardens, schools and churches as well as to individual residents for no charge. Why is there no mention of composting coming back to the city? PATTY KLEINBERG Douglaston, Queens, March 4, 2004 The writer is director of education at Queens Botanical Garden. Copyright 2004 The New York Times Company
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