Tag Archives: recycle

Enhance your garden’s character by creating unique and colorful mosaic garden signs.

Do a little spring cleaning and update your style at the same time: take your gently used clothing to Ethical Writers' Coalition's Spring Swap, and pick up other fashionistas' pieces. All the unclaimed items at the end of the day will be donated to charity for women in need of interview-appropriate clothing. To make your swapping even more fun, there will be organic cocktails and goody bags.

This film isn't about our waste problem. It's about solutions. And they are everywhere! Come join us and watch "REUSE! Because You Can't Recycle The Planet" !

Come recycle your electronics with GrowNYC!

Join Added Value, the Red Hook Community Farm in Brooklyn to compost weekly on Fridays from 9:00am to noon and Saturdays from 10:30am to 1:00pm.

Join Added Value, the Red Hook Community Farm in Brooklyn to compost weekly on Fridays from 9:00am to noon and Saturdays from 10:30am to 1:00pm.

Join Added Value, the Red Hook Community Farm in Brooklyn to compost weekly on Fridays from 9:00am to noon and Saturdays from 10:30am to 1:00pm.

Join Added Value, the Red Hook Community Farm in Brooklyn to compost weekly on Fridays from 9:00am to noon and Saturdays from 10:30am to 1:00pm.

Join Added Value, the Red Hook Community Farm in Brooklyn to compost weekly on Fridays from 9:00am to noon and Saturdays from 10:30am to 1:00pm. “Added Value is a non-profit organization promoting the sustainable development of Red Hook by nurturing a new generation of young leaders. We work towards this goal by creating opportunities for […]

Join Added Value, the Red Hook Community Farm in Brooklyn to compost weekly on Fridays from 9:00am to noon and Saturdays from 10:30am to 1:00pm. “Added Value is a non-profit organization promoting the sustainable development of Red Hook by nurturing a new generation of young leaders. We work towards this goal by creating opportunities for […]

Bring clean, reusable, portable items such as clothing, house wares, games, books, & toys that you no longer need, and take home something new-to-you, free! You don’t have to bring something to take something.

Bring clean, reusable, portable items such as clothing, house wares, games, books, & toys that you no longer need, and take home something new-to-you, free! You don’t have to bring something to take something.

Recycle your e-waste in an environmentally responsible way by bringing it to the summer drop-off events on July 19th at the College of Staten Island!

Interested in using your creativity to turn trash into something beautiful? Come to Poe Park Visitor Center in Poe park! A great even for kids and adults! Children under 10 must be accompanied by an adult. Please wear clothes that can get messy. Check out more artwork done by professional artists here. Photo Credit: Mentalfloss.com

An Australian initiative in avoiding single-use plastics: straws, coffee lids, bottles.

GrowNY is hosting a “Stop N’ Swap” meeting in the Bronx for everyone who wants to bring “clean, reusable, portable items you no longer need and take home something in exchange”. Restrictions are that they cannot accept furniture or similar large items.

Engineering a more sustainable, energy-efficient restaurant: Dext Heat Recovery has developed a way to recycle and reuse excess, otherwise wasted heat from commercial kitchens.

How many paper cups, styrofoam coffee cups, coke bottles, water bottles, and plastic bottles have we used and thrown away like nothing? Too many. It’s not just the amount of waste that we produce that we should think about, but also the material that such products are made of.  Kawagishi-sensei, a Zen Buddhist monk and […]