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E.N.Y. Resident Angry About Relocated Compost Site
Ronald Dillan, of the Concerned Home Owners' Association in Com-munity Board 5, told attendees that ever since the Department of Sanita-tion and the Department of Parks relocated the compost site from Canarsie Park to the Spring Creek Composting site at Flatlands and Fountain avenues, there has been "an excess of noise, dust, odors, litter and truck traffic." "I found out through local newspapers that Canarsie residents protested and fought the compost site," he said. "But sure enough, when it was publicized that compost was being given away in my community, it was surveyed that most of the people coming for it came from Community Board 18. So it frustrated me when the community that didn't want the compost was coming to my neighborhood for it." According to Dillan, Department of Sanitation surveys showed that most of the people who have picked up compost from the Fountain Avenue Landfill compost site are from Com-munity Board 18, which includes Canarsie. "The Department of Parks is using what they claim is 'parkland' for other purposes. They're misusing what's supposed to be a preserved, natural habitat," he said. "Not only that, but when the trucks come to my community with the compost, there are other materials mixed in that blow around like plastic bags and other trash particles. The residents of my community are now fighting it and we have to go through a hearing process." City Councilman Lew Fidler's former chief of staff, Bryan Lee told the Courier, "When the Canarsie compost site was closed three years ago, the Fountain Avenue site was opened. But the compost wasn't moved there - it's being used in the restoration of Can-arsie park."
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