-
Recycling
September 30, 2014 Green Your Halloween!
With Halloween 2014 coming on the heels of the BoxTrolls movie, recycled (and recyclable) cardboard costumes are sure to be in high demand. Even if you won’t be creating one of these characters, we’ve got great tips for greening this season of ghosts and gourds. *...
Read more -
Recycling
June 05, 2014 Recycling at Greenmarkets as Bountiful as the Produce
GrowNYC Greenmarkets are opening for the season throughout the city, bringing with them not only a bounty of fresh regional products, but also expanding weekly opportunities for New Yorkers to recycle textiles and compost food scraps. In 2007, GrowNYC’s newly-created Office of Recycling Outreach and Education...
Read more -
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...
Read more -
Recycling
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...
Read more -
Recycling
November 08, 2010 Million Pound Challenge, explained
GrowNYC's textile recycling program recently announced the Million Pound Challenge, an effort to reach more New Yorkers in order to help them recycle their unwanted clothing, linens, and shoes. We spoke to Christina Salvi, Assistant Director of the Office of...
Read more