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Greenpoint! Recycle Those Plastic Take-Out Containers And More!
Starting today – Greenpointers (and all other New yorkers) can finally feel slightly less guilty for ordering delivery at four am in a snow storm! At long last NYC recycles all hard plastics, from...
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Prevent Electronics Waste Going To Landfills! Recycling Event This Saturday...
Due to rain last weekend, the Electronic Waste Recycling Event was rescheduled to this Saturday, May 18, 2013 from 11am-5pm. Help divert New York City’s electronic waste from landfills! So many...
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Composting Feels Oh So Good! Especially For Greenpoint and North Brooklyn
How many of you Greenpointers have your own compost bin? Or bring your food scraps to the Greenmarket on Saturday in McCarren Park? Doesn’t it feel so good? Do you get giddy when you see all the food...
View ArticleThe Afterlife of Christmas Lights (VIDEO)
We bought over 1000 white christmas lights to decorate our Holiday Market and we hope to use them for a long time. When they finally die and we recycle them, they may end up in Shijiao, China, the...
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Let Suite Pieces Teach You To Transform Your Furniture + Paint Deal
(sponsored) Transform old furniture into something fresh!Transforming furniture is one of the things we love to do the most at Suite Pieces (located at 162 Huron Street)! We’re going to share with you...
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Electronics Recycling on Grand St. Rain or Shine (Sat, 1/16)
What do you do with your old electronics that you can’t seem to give away? Throwing it in the trash is illegal ($100 fine), so here’s your chance to get rid of them old things once and for all –...
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Trading Waste For Abundance with Stevie Van Horn
Stevie Van Horn, Conflict Palm Oil free/Trash free/Plastic free at Homecoming “I love the trees in Greenpoint!” says Stevie Han Horn, 28, who moved to Brooklyn from Colorado in 2012. “Part of it makes...
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Jimmy’s & Anella Join Reusable Takeout Container Program – And You Can, Too!
If you’re anything like me, the darkest depths of your cupboard house a motley crew of old plastic takeout containers jumbled into a heap, which you rarely use. And since you already have too many, you...
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Recycle Your Old TV’s, Computers, VCR’s and Other E-Waste This Saturday (4/29)!
This Saturday, April 29th from 10am-4pm on the North side of Grand Street between Lorimer and Leonard Streets, you can drop off your old computers, cellphones, TV’s or whatever old gadgets you have...
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Drop Off Your Christmas Tree at Mulchfest 2018!
Trees dropped off at Transmitter Park last year. Someone left theirs in a plastic bag – please don’t do this! Now that all the gifts have been torn open, treasured or returned, it’s time to start...
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