ESB: El Sol Brillante
DEG: Down to Earth Garden†
See also our bokashi process done at El Sol Brillante and Down to Earth Garden.
2/27/2024
For Year 2023
As of 12/31/2023,
Total ESB + DEG = 8,265 lbs (3,749 kg) 4.13 tons
ESB: 2,320 lbs (1,052 kg) 1.16 ton
Latest filled batch #E324 — (Last batch number of 2022, #E308)
324 – 308 = 16 batches
16 x 145 lbs/batch = 2,320 lbs (1,052 kg) 1.16 ton
DEG: 5,945 lbs (2,697 kg) = 2.97 tons
Latest filled batch #D591 — (Last batch number of 2022, #D550)
591 – 550 = 41 batches
41 x 145 lbs/batch = 5,945 lbs (2,697 kg) = 2.97 tons
Click on tables and images below to enlarge.
![](https://downtoearthgarden.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ESB-DEG-amount-batches-2023.png)
* For explanations on the batches for 2009, 2010, and 2011, see notes under the similar set of tables below.
† DEG/CG, the Children’s Garden (CG) was renamed to Down to Earth Garden 7/1/2020.
Brief Timeline
9/22/2009 | 2010 – 3/22/2020 | 11/14/2018 – 3/20/2020 | 3/22/2020 – 5/3/2021 | 5/4/2021 | 9/22/2021 |
Began fermenting 1st batch of food waste (FW). 9/17/2009 Thu 6pm, 1st bokashi workshop at ESB. | Began 24-hour drop-off (without signs or notices‡) | Became a Public Drop-Off Site and listed on DSNY’s website; Sanitation picks up FW via brown bins 3 times/week (about 40% of dropped off FW [60% processed in-garden]). | Closed to the public; Only garden members’ FW processed. | Began public drop-off again, but with very limited drop-off hours. | Back on DSNY’s website, map of public drop-off sites, but no Sanitation FW pickup. |
‡ People knew about the 24-hour drop-off either by taking the bokashi workshop, from word-of-mouth, or from seeing the setup (drop-off bin right inside the locked garden gate with enough of a gap to drop off a bag of food scraps).
Quantities through 12/31/2023
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![](https://downtoearthgarden.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ESB-DEG-QtyRecycled-data-2023-1024x452.png)
![](https://downtoearthgarden.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ESB-DEG-tons-per-year-2023-1024x627.png)
![](https://downtoearthgarden.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ESB-DEG-avg-lbs-per-month-2023.png)
![](https://downtoearthgarden.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ESB-DEG-amount-batches-2023.png)
Ciao batches are food waste batches from a former coffee shop/bakery/caterer, “Ciao For Now,” that was located across the street from El Sol Brillante, collected between 2009 and 2011.
![](https://downtoearthgarden.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ESB-DEG-bear-bin-counts-2023.png)
Bin counts is how we determine how much food waste we’ve treated and converted to either a soil amendment (trenching/burying FFW in soil) or to compost (by vermicomposting or worm composting).
bin = 20-gallon bear bins, for fermenting food waste.
1 bin = 1 batch: approximately 145 lbs average weight when full.
![](https://downtoearthgarden.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ESB-DEG-bokashi-amount-2023.png)
![](https://downtoearthgarden.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ESB-DEG-brown-bins-calculations-2023.png)
between 11/14/2018 and 3/20/2020.
![](https://downtoearthgarden.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ESB-DEG-PerMonth-ingarden-DSNY-2023.png)
How much food waste (FW) kept and treated in-garden, total of FW dropped-off/collected, and amount (difference) picked up by DSNY/Sanitation.
Before 11/14/2018, all dropped off food waste were treated with bokashi (kept in-garden).
The “All dropped off food waste” column represents both bokashi-treated FW and FW picked up by DSNY/Sanitation which starts from 11/14/2018.
![](https://downtoearthgarden.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ESB-DEG-Yr-Mo-Wk-Day-2023.png)
Bokashi-Treated Quantities Only.
These numbers only represent food waste bokashi-treated and processed (trenched or worm-composted) in-garden (i.e., excludes food waste given to/picked up by DSNY/Sanitation).
Numbers are averaged out over the entire year.
For 2020, most of the food waste were dropped-off during the first 3 months of the year before our 24-hour drop-off setup was completely closed to the public on 3/22/2020.
See our bokashi process done at El Sol Brillante and Down to Earth Garden.