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Since curbside newspaper boxes don't get a lot of action selling papers anymore, a new urban intervention puts them to use as something else: convenient compost bins.

"The boxes are so commonplace in the city, and I wanted to subtly tweak them to make people stop, look twice, and think about what they are seeing versus what they expect to see," says designer Debbie Ullman, who created the New York Compost Box Project.

Placed next to community gardens, the boxes serve as a place for anyone to recycle food waste as they walk by. "The idea is to make it possible for busy New Yorkers to drop their scraps whenever it's convenient for them, 24/7."

(via What To Do With Old Newspaper Boxes? Make Them Streetside Compost Bins)