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Where: Outside of the Coop except during inclement weather when collection will be held inside the Coop Times: 2nd Wednesday of the month 3:45-6pm 4th Saturday of the month 1:45-4pm (Please try to come at least 15 minutes before the end of the shift.) New expanded plas…

More Recycling Opportunities Starting Wednesday July 8th! The vote is in and members at the May GM unanimously voted to create workshifts to collect a variety of hard to recycle packaging in partnership with TerraCycle. We will start collections in July. The 2nd Wednes…

Two chances this weekend to recycle your electronics! Sponsored by the Lower East Side Ecology Center, these events let you safely discard  unwanted electronics.   See a complete list of acceptable items .  Saturday, January 19, 2013  |  10:00am - 4:00pm   Flyer   Dire…

Thanks to Earth911 for this history of recycling infographic. Read the accompanying article to find out more fascinating details.

When: December 08, 2012 | 10:00am - 4:00pm This event will be held rain or shine . Where: P.S. 321 located at 180 7th Ave. between 1st & 2nd Streets, Brooklyn, NY 11215 See a list of acceptable materials for recycling. Electronics are accepted from househol…

If you're looking to do some hurrican repairs or more general building/remodeling, consider Build It Green as a source of materials. Build It Green! NYC, is New York City's only non-profit retail outlet for salvaged and surplus building materials. Their wareho…

My apartment didn't really seem expensive.  (I live in Sunset Park.  Rents are quite a bit more reasonable than Park Slope).  Utilities didn't amount to all that much.  BUT, after realizing that I wasn't using water then RE-using water, I decided to catch m…

People have been asking about upcoming electronics recycling events in the area. We have a list of upcoming events in Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan. Visit the Lower East Side Ecology Center website for additional locations in the 5 boroughs as well as a list of electr…

Date : Saturday, September 20 Time : 10am-4pm, rain or shine Location : Brooklyn Ave. between St. Marks Ave. & Prospect Place in Bedford Stuyvesant—See map Directions : Take the C train to Kingston-Throops Ave., walk 6 blocks south and 1 avenue east or take the B43…

Question : Which of the following items are recycleable? hair blue jeans wine cotton swabs crayons keys Answer : All of them! Keys are made of valuable metal. Keys For Kindness is a small, family-run program designed to raise money through metal key recycling for…

A a group of elementary school children in California are campaigning to get Crayola to take back used markers and recycle the components. Inspired by their teacher, the fifth graders set up an online petition called Crayola: Make Your Mark . So far they have gather…

GrowNYC is opening new food scrap and textile drop-off sites this spring! Celebrate spring cleaning by starting food scrap collection in your kitchen and culling unwanted clothing or linens— ripped or torn is fine—from your closets. If you have questions about what you…

While most Americans dispose of about a half ton of garbage per year, the Johnson family in California has only a handful of waste every six months. Seems incredible, doesn't it? The Earth911 article about this remarkable family, stresses several basic factors …

In honor of Earth Day, several of our vendors have agreed to give discounts to Park Slope Food Coop members who would like to buy reusable bags, some not currently carried by the Coop. Ecobags will give coop members a 15% off all produce bag orders from 4/21/12 - 5/30…

Q. Member Jessica writes: Is there a way to recycle egg cartons? I put mine in with the mixed paper recycling, but it seems like we could ship empty cartons back to the farmers . A. Cardboard egg cartons can certainly be recycled with mixed paper in the NYC's cur…

The Lower East Side Ecology Center just opened a new permanent e-waste drop-off & reuse center in Brooklyn . It's at 469 President Street (near Nevins Street) just a half mile from the Park Slope Food Coop. No more waiting months and months for collection da…

The Lower East Side Ecology Center is bringing its 9th Annual After the Holidays E-waste Event series to all five boroughs this January to help you responsibly recycle of all of your unwanted or broken gadgets. Please spread the word about responsible disposal of elec…

Saturday, December 10, 2011 10:00am - 4:00pm rain or shine in Park Slope at P.S. 321 (7th Ave. bet. 1st & 2nd) A list of acceptable materials can be found here . Accepted items include electronics from households, small businesses (less than 50 employees, please …

The October 21 New York Times featured an article titled, Lunch, Landfills, and What I Tossed . Author Mireya Navarro counted up the waste she produced in a week's worth of take out lunches: "Saving all the packaging from a week’s worth of takeout food, I end…