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Recycling
December 15, 2017 Fighting Food and Clothing Waste – 15 Million Pounds and Counting!
(click photo to view slideshow) As the curtain closes on 2017, we mark TWO milestones for GrowNYC’s zero waste programs. We are thrilled to announce; thanks to YOU we have collected more than 10 million pounds of food scraps at our Greenmarkets!There’s more! YOU...
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January 08, 2015 Clothing Recycling Gets Legs in Chinatown Co-op
The weekend before Thanksgiving, residents in one Chinatown complex took time to “unstuff”—closets and drawers, that is—bringing 2,500 pounds of unwanted clothing to a special collection in their building. In 2012 GrowNYC hosted an Earth Day textile collection as...
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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...
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August 28, 2012 Textile Recycling at Confucius Plaza a Success
On Sunday, August 12th the GrowNYC crew had their second textile recycling event at Confucius Plaza in as many months. OROE volunteers Nga Yan and Shi Chao came out to lend a hand in diverting over 2,250 lbs from the landfills, bringing the total to over 3 tons of...
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