Online Application for the Master Composter Certificate Course

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NYC Compost Project
Master Composter Certificate Course Online Application

To receive a Master Composter Certificate, participants are expected to complete at least 30 volunteer hours helping to advance composting in NYC. For info on the specific location or dates for the Master Composter Course (or other composting workshops) visit the NYC WasteLess Events Calendar and in the Browse Events section, select "Trainings & Workshops." You can also complete the application below and the specific Compost Project site will contact you about upcoming Master Composter trainings.

When and where do you want to train?

* winter/spring (december-february application period)
* fall (may-august application period)

PLEASE NOTE: Contact information (email, name and mailing address, and phone) and completed repsonses to the questions below, are REQUIRED if you would like the Compost Project sites to process your application.

First Name:
Last Name:
Street Address:		Apt.#:
City:		State:
Zip/Postal Code:
Primary Phone: (including area code)
Alternate Phone: (including area code)
E-mail Address:
Describe your composting experience:	(Please limit each response to 150 words or less - exceeding this limit may prohibit access to the submit button.)
Why do you want to become a Master Composter?
How would you use your Master Composter training?
Please list any community affiliations:

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Please carefully review the information that you have entered before hitting the submit button. Please do not submit the same message more than once; doing so may delay processing.

Remember to print a copy of your application on the next page.

Master Composter Certificate Course Contacts:

Bronx Compost Project
The New York Botanical Garden
Bronx River Parkway at Fordham Rd.
Bronx, NY 10458-5126
compost helpline: (718) 817-8543
fax: (718) 817-8018
email: bronxgreenup@nybg.org
web: www.nybg.org/compost

Brooklyn Compost Project
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
1000 Washington Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11225
compost helpline: (718) 623-7290
fax: (718) 941-4774
email: compost@bbg.org
web: www.bbg.org

Manhattan Compost Project
Lower East Side Ecology Center
P.O. Box 20488
New York, NY 10009
compost helpline: (212) 477-3155
fax: (212) 420-0621
email: info@lesecologycenter.org
web: www.lesecologycenter.org

Queens Compost Project
Queens Botanical Garden
43-50 Main Street
Flushing, NY 11355
compost helpline: (718) 539-5296
fax: (718) 463-0263
email: compost@queensbotanical.org
web: www.queensbotanical.org

Staten Island Compost Project
Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden
1000 Richmond Terrace
Staten Island, NY 10301
compost helpline: (718) 425-3558
email: compost@snug-harbor.org
web: www.snug-harbor.org