Long Island Compost is Long Island's leading provider of organic materials, services and products.

Long Island Compost was founded over 30 years ago by Charles Vigliotti (center) and his brothers, Arnold (right) and Dominic.

Each year, Long Island Compost recycles hundreds of thousands of tons of leaves, grass clippings and other landscape-related materials generated by Long Islanders. The company also plays a critical role in developing organic, earth-friendly solutions to the region's most daunting environmental challenges - including the remediation of the Peconic Bay and vital South Shore waterways.

Over 30 years ago, the company was founded by Charles, Dominic and Arnold Vigliotti. Today, they employ more than 150 men and women and operate the nation's largest yard-waste transfer station in Westbury, New York, and a 62-acre facility in Yaphank, New York. It is at these transfer stations that more than 2,000 landscaping companies come to drop off organic materials, which the company later harvests into compost. These transfer stations represent an environmentally sound answer to the region's organic waste problems.

In addition to providing the public with a wide range of organic lawn-care products sold at garden centers and national retailers, including Home Depot, Long Island Compost maintains a substantial Municipal/Professional/Bulk division. Through this division, the company creates custom

Many urban planting projects that call for strict quality control specifications demand soil products from Long Island Compost. Some recent landmark projects that benefited from Long Island Compost include the Battery Bosque Garden in lower Manhattan and the reconstruction of Columbus Circle.

soil mixes for large urban planting projects that call for strict quality control specifications. These range from governmental agencies and charitable institutions to botanic gardens and golf courses. Recent projects that have made use of Long Island Compost products and expertise include:

• New York City Department of Design and Construction's "Columbus Circle Reconstruction."
• Museum of Modern Art's "Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden."
• The Battery Conservancy's "Battery Bosque Garden."
• New York City Department of Parks and Recreation's "Robinson/Reese Monument."
• Office of the Mayor of the City of New York's "Flight 587 Memorial."
• United Nations' "Plaza Landscape Maintenance."
• Various projects for the Central Park
  Conservancy, plus use for maintenance by
  park staff.
• Brooklyn Botanic Garden's "Cherry Esplanade
  Restoration and Eastern Parkway Entrance
  Reconstruction."
• New York Botanical Garden.
• The Bronx Zoo's Astor Court.
• Battery Park City Parks Conservancy.
• New York State Department of Transportation's
  "Long Island Expressway/ Cross Island Parkway
  Interchange Reconstruction."
• Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's
  "JFK International Airport's Beautification Program
  for AirTran stations at Jamaica and Howard Beach,
  Queens."