The document proposes an organic waste collection and composting system for New York City. It estimates that residential sources account for 30% of organic waste, or 1,250,000 tons per year, while food-related industries account for 76% or 750,000 tons per year, for a total of 2,000,000 tons of organic waste per year going to landfills. The system aims to reduce this amount and produce compost for use in parks, cemeteries, and farms in New York from the collected organic waste.

1. ORGANIC WASTE SOURCES:
RESIDENTIAL
30%
1,250,000
tons/year
+
FOOD RELATED INDUSTRIES
2) Density X Vacant plot available=
76%
1) Select data to determine site’s PROFILE RADIUS of influence and POPULATION shed
750,000
tons/year
min R= 1mile max R=3 miles
d
TOTAL uce
prod
2,000,000 mp
ost
tons/year co SITE 120,000
people min 50,000
people
population density
............................................ max density=150,000
size of plot ...................................................... people/sqft
housing fabric ................................................. min density=7,000 people/sqft
$$$ d
food services type .........................................
population needs.............................................
REDUCTION OF ORGANIC WASTE GOING
A
TO LAND FILL site strengths ................................................. A min facility=4,700 sqft
D
(50,000 people shed)
possible receivers of fertilizer
15% of PARKS, CEMENTERIES
NYC = & OPEN SPACES
+ farms in NY
3) CALIBRATE system:
radius X housing fabric X food services type 4) Define size of facility, if CENTRALIZED composting 5) Pick architectural OPERATION
[ =TRANSPORTATION
] OWN
domestic
radius x 182 lb = o-waste
housing fabric + food services type= organic waste
population shed avarage o-waste
+
vacant plot
waste COLLECTION and COMPOSTING type person/year
infill
network
comercial
In order to introduce a new way to
food facilities x 50 t = o-waste deal with NYC’s organic waste. A
TRANSPORTATION COLLECTION COMPOSTING
shed avarage o-waste vacant building collection and composting system
food service/year
tonnes/ refurbish will be calibrated depending on its
bike private centralized
year location. This toolkit was created
to identify the collection strategy,
adding attribute to
tonnes/ facility size type of facility and the architectural
electric
car
only
public
decentralized
year
x 0,85 = (sqft)
existing location
attatch intervention that will cater for the
waste produced by the population
of the area.
amount size
radius fabric operation
waste facility

2. SYSTEM BASIC COMPONENTS AND STRUCTURE: We see the potential in converting organic waste into a source of
income and a valuable resource for our parks and outdoor spaces in
the form of fertilizer.
o-waste
commercial domestic public
type
o-bins_info
spaces
capacity: up to 200L
42”
weight: 10 pounds
uses: private and public
spaces
32” 27”
collection
o-waste
bikes_info
public
o-bins o-bins capacity: up to 3 bins
[600 L
uses: collection of waste/
distribution compost
bike bike
[small scale]
educational composter_info
gardening collection teaching food sale
composting
JOB CREATION
centralized capacity: up to 450L
o-waste
compost mini weight: 58 pounds
18”
composting units uses: gathering spaces
educational 24”
24”
modules
mini composter_info
bike
additional capacity: up to 300L/week
54”
program
power consumption:
12kWh/week
o-waste
output
24” 24” uses: gathering spaces
on site facility management maintenance sales and
operation and finance distribution
centralized
packaging and
distribution to public
parks/gardens
bike/car

3. SYSTEM
small
OWN
radius
organic waste
network 6) add aditional PROGRAM:
0
In order to change the negative perception linked to the
Not In My Backyard (NIMBY) mentality, our
intervention attempts to introduce additional programs
that caters for the needs of the community. We are SITE
aiming to become a center for integration that will play population density
............................................
large
radius
an important role in the communal progress and a size of plot ......................................................
great source of new jobs. housing fabric .................................................
strengths
food services type .........................................
needs
population needs.............................................
site strengths .................................................
spaces
housing
art space
fresh food
education
training
market
health
recreation
open

4. population: 90,000
density: 90,000 people/ha
o-waste:7,500 tons / year
PILOT PROJECT_LOWER EAST SIDE
average income:$32,000
HOUSING
30%
O-WASTE BINS
comercial o-waste
200 lbs pop
ula
LES
ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS: tio
HOUSING+ TECH. SCHOOL size nd
ens
+ URBAN FARM
of p ity..
.
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h
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LES is famous for its .
restaurants and bars
$
o-waste:~22,000tons/year FOOD RELATED Soil Generation
restaurants Production: 1/3 of intake [29,000tons]
SERVICES =9,750 tons
Gross Revenue
$445/ton of fertilizer
=$4,300,000/year
TOTAL PROFIT/year~$650,000
DISTRIBUTION
URBAN FARMING /
PUBLIC PARKS
food services SYSTEM BREAKDOWN
open spaces
collection crew
collection bin
storage and packaging
growing area
composting
facility collection
o-bins bikes collection crew
42”
crew fresh food
green areas
32” 27”
vendor
storage and
packaging

5. PILOT PROJECT_LOWER EAST SIDE
SPURA [Seward Park Urban Renewal Area]
remains the largest tract of
undeveloped New York City-owned
land in Manhattan south of 96th
Street.
Delan
cey s
t
Willia
msbu
rgBrid
ge
Public housing apartment buildings
increase the density of the area and
creates huge concentration of
domestic waste.
M Essex St [J,M,Z]
Low rise historic fabric of LES contrasts with the public housing towers and hosts a massive number of
restaurants in the area that represent the biggest amount of o-waste produced in the neighborhood
-
M
housing Dela
ncey
Stree
t
growing area
community spaces
Broo
me S
treet
eet
t
Stree
packaging and storage
lk Str
ncey
Dela
Norfo
eet
lk Str
Suffo
fresh food market
eet
n Str
Clinto
composting facility

6. CENTRALIZED SYSTEM_FOOD WASTE PROCESSING
WASTE HOPPER
STORAGE
Hi-tech food waste processing plant TANK
Vertal Ltd precedent, UK recovery of heat for use
This process combines traditional composting techniques with state-of-the-art
DEWATERING
technology to achieve extremely fast throughput on a very compact footprint -
UNIT
ideal for urban recycling close to the major sources of waste.
The process is entirely self-heating, harnessing the latent energy released during
digestion to pasteurise food waste naturally under its own steam.
And the end product is exceptionally high in nutrients, so directly replaces
petrochemical fertilisers used to grow new crops
Our system has a unique in its ability to be able to treat a wide range of solid and
liquid food waste arising from the food industry, retail outlets and domestic PRESHREDDER
households.
The plant uses an innovative (wet) in-vessel aerobic process known as 3rd DIGESTER VESSELS
generation ATAD* generating temperatures of up to 80C and completely
pasteurising and treating the food waste in as little as 72 hours.
vacant plot
infill NON-FERROUS OVERBELT
FERROUS OVERBELT
AERATION
FAN
vacant building
refurbish

7. PILOT PROJECT_BUSHWICK
population: 70,000
density: 38,000 people/ha
o-waste:6,300 tons / year
+
average income:$26,000
HOUSING BODEGAS
BUS
HWI
popu
latio CK
n de
size nsity
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popu type .....w. ho
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latio ....... . .....use
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ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS: eds . ......g s .
site Supermarkets vs...a.Bodegas
....... ..(m.edi
MARKET stren ....... ... ... u
......)
m
gths ....... .
establishments:~130 + URBAN FARM .... .......
...... fr .....e.sh
....... . ....f.oo
8 in 10 are bodegas .......bo ....d
.
COMPOSTING ....d.ega
. .....s d
only 10 supermarkets .....e. si
n. ty
+ DISTRIBUTION CENTER . . ...
o-waste:~5,000tons/year O-WASTE AND COMPOST .
bodegas
supermarkets
COLLECTION
FACILITY
$
Soil Generation
Production: decentralized+centralized
DISTRIBUTION
=3,700 tons
Gross Revenue
$445/ton of fertilizer
=$1,650,000/year
URBAN FARMING /
PUBLIC PARKS TOTAL PROFIT/year~$400,000
food services
open spaces
collection crew
operation crew
educational
composter
54”
mini composter
18”
24”
24”
24” 24”
fresh food market
green areas

8. SITE M Morgan Ave [L] PILOT PROJECT_BUSHWICK
Morg
an Av
Dispersal throughout community:
e
Bushwick is largely a residential area,
with some remaining industrial
buildings. This fabric allows the com-
post to happen in a decentralized
system
Food desert. 8 in 10 food stores in
Bushwick are bodegas: 28% carry
fruit and only 1 in 10 carry vegetable
Bogart
Street
eet
bin Str
McKib
White
housing
Street
growing area
Street
Seigel
packaging and storage
fresh food market
composting facility

9. EDUCATIONAL COMPONENTS_CITY WIDE CAMPAIGN
OWN should be considered a municipal project
where efforts from various public departments
and civil society associations come along.
Moreover, education was considered the project’s
main vehicle: OWN begins to raise awareness, by EDUCATIONAL UNITS
creating an advertising campaign, and provides Educational units will be located within all sites with the
incentives in order to encourage community purpose of dealing with the organic while being away from
participation home. They could be found at park or schools , teaching sample of a punch card which unables you to recive
kids about conservation, the cycle of life, and getting them $5.00 off after 10 stamps at decentralized locations
involved in the natural world. (Bushwick_Pilot Project)
community brochure investors brochure
IN MY BACKYARD NEW YORK
Capacity
Up to 450 lts
Weight
58 pounds
http://www.compostadores.com (see online videos:
BROCHURES
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQkr1XL_nmo and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPeXySnjfQo)
Still images from our educational videos
designed to inform the community how
to compost, find the nearest facility and
incentives/coupons.
VIDEOS