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Recycling
May 08, 2014 Green Living Team Unites Residents and Staff to Revive Recycling
Food has always been common ground that brings people together. Now, some New Yorkers are uniting over the scraps. This year the West Side Federation of Senior Supportive Housing (WSFSSH) hosted a Living Green Team Awards Ceremony, to celebrate and recognize...
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December 16, 2013 GrowNYC Community Compost Partner Profile: Gowanus Canal Conservancy
GrowNYC collects food scraps and other organic waste at various Greenmarkets around the city to distribute to local compost partners in the surrounding area. With the help of community volunteers, New York City’s recycled food scraps are transformed into a nutrient...
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November 07, 2013 Greenmarket Food Scrap Collection Surpasses 2 Million Pound Mark
Since 2011, GrowNYC has worked to expand food scrap collections at Greenmarket. In partnership with the NYC Department of Sanitation, the program has grown to 30 markets, averaging 100,000 pounds a month diverted from disposal and used locally for renewable energy or...
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October 16, 2013 NYC Residential Organics Collection is Growing!
(Residents at the Morningside Gardens cooperative celebrate their new compost program)Organics make up almost 30% of NYC's residential and institutional waste stream. This includes yard waste, food scraps, compostable paper (tissues, napkins, soiled paper, paper...
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January 08, 2013 Food Scrap Collection Passes the ONE MILLION POUND Mark
On Sunday, city officials, community partners, and compost enthusiasts gathered at the Carroll Gardens Greenmarket to celebrate a benchmark for GrowNYC’s food scrap collection program: ONE MILLION POUNDS!Since the pilot program launched in March 2011, one million...
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April 18, 2012 Food Scrap & Textile Recycling at More Greenmarkets!
What better way to celebrate Earth Day than by visiting your local Greenmarket to recycle food scraps and textiles? GrowNYC is happy to help, with new sites for dropping off unwanted clothing, linens, and fruit & veggie scraps opening this weekend and throughout the...
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