In a Brooklyn neighborhood, a group of “friends and co-conspirators” enjoy Grub, a communal dinner made from wasted food recovered from the trash.
Sat 28 Aug 2010
Filed under: Grub, In Our Hearts, Really Really Free Market, Cooking and Cookbooks, Food, Recycling of Waste Materials, Supermarkets, Brooklyn (NYC), Restaurants — @ 6:20 am
Mon 16 Aug 2010
Filed under: Brooklyn Free Market, Bedford-Stuyvesant (NYC), Brooklyn (NYC), Recycling of Waste Materials — @ 7:00 am
Organizers of the Free Store in Bedford-Stuyvesant say it demonstrates the feasibility of recycling and offers an alternative to mainstream capitalism
Wed 26 May 2010
Filed under: Fashion and Apparel, Wearable Collections, Textiles, Sanitation Department, Recycling of Waste Materials, Waste Materials and Disposal, New York City — @ 5:19 am
A city program will try to make recycling clothing easier, keeping it out of landfills and sending it to new uses.
Wed 12 May 2010
Filed under: Glass, Gowanus Canal (NYC), Belt, David, Sustainable Living, Parties (Social), Waste Materials and Disposal, Art, Recycling of Waste Materials — @ 12:43 am
David Belt is at it again in Brooklyn: Last year it was the Dumpster swimming pool; this year it’s smashing bottles in a giant box, a form of expressive recycling.
Mon 12 Apr 2010
If approved as expected, the legislation will usher in the first major changes to New York City’s recycling laws since 1989.
Mon 15 Feb 2010
Filed under: Start-ups, Alternative and Renewable Energy, Office Buildings and Commercial Properties, Recycling of Waste Materials, Environment, New York City — @ 6:09 am
The green movement has taken hold in work spaces, whether with compost sorting in the office or as clusters of small environmental ventures.
Sun 25 Oct 2009
Filed under: State Legislatures, Bottled Water, Water, Recycling of Waste Materials, Paterson, David A, New York State — @ 3:32 am
Advocates say the new deposits will encourage recycling and provide as much as $115 million to New York State.
Sat 24 Oct 2009
Filed under: State Legislatures, Bottled Water, Water, Recycling of Waste Materials, Paterson, David A, New York State — @ 11:32 pm
Advocates say the new deposits will encourage recycling and provide as much as $115 million to New York State.
Sat 24 Oct 2009
Filed under: Bottled Water, Batts, Deborah A, New York Public Interest Research Group, Water, Recycling of Waste Materials, Environment, Paterson, David A, New York State — @ 5:16 am
All containers of water under a gallon will have a 5-cent refundable deposit, as beer and soda containers have had for years.
Fri 23 Oct 2009
Filed under: Fuel Efficiency, Roads and Traffic, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Natural Resources Defense Council, New York City Park Advocates, Quinn, Christine C, Economic Conditions and Trends, Politics and Government, Bloomberg, Michael R, Recycling of Waste Materials, Waste Materials and Disposal, Environment — @ 3:54 am
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has brought attention to environmental concerns, but the biggest pieces of his agenda have either failed to win approval or are still awaiting action.