The average New York City household discards two pounds of organic waste each day—adding up to more than one million tons of organic material a year. When we discard this "waste," we lose a potential resource that can help beautify our parks, gardens, and blocks…even our windowboxes and houseplants. That's why the NYC Department of Sanitation set up programs to recycle organic material through composting. This site describes those programs, and tells you everything you need to start composting today, right in your City backyard or apartment—regardless of how little space you have.