Save Our Compost is a coalition of environmental groups working together for a common goal: making composting in New York City more accessible and equitable. Supporting and expanding community composting uplifts environmental and climate justice.

The coalition formed in 2020 in response to city budget cuts, and was able to partially restore funding and defend the legal right of community-scale composting on park land. When the mayor defunded and eliminated NYC Compost Project in 2023, Save Our Compost advocated for community composting to be refunded.

At present, for fiscal year 2025 (July 2024–June 2025), City Council is funding community composting initiatives at the following organizations: Big Reuse, BK ROT, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Cafeteria Culture, Compost Power, Earth Matter NY, East New York Farms!, GrowNYC, Lower East Side Ecology Center, NYBG Bronx Green-Up, Queens Botanical Garden, Red Hook Farms, and Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden. One of our current goals for fiscal year 2026 is to ensure these organizations retain funding and the expansion of community compost funding to include additional organizations and grassroots groups.