RecycleThis!

For information on events around NYC and the next RecycleThis! meeting, go to the Events Calendar.

Freecycle Video - Freecycle New York City is featured in a new video that will be aired on national TV. You can watch it now! (4min 48seconds) (Current.tv, February 2007)

Recycling Tips from Recycle This! - Our tips based on top questions you've sent in through our website! (Satya Magazine, May 2006)

Satya Magazine Interview with Recycle This! - Recycle This!, featured as part of Satya's issue on all things trash! (Satya Magazine, May 2006)

Art Installation Encourages Reuse in Lower Manhattan - Art and reuse meet at Collective Incubator, an installation featuring a creative collaboration with Freecycle New York City. (Eco-logic.com, March 30, 2006)

Freecycle NYC Lets You Give--or Take--Items for a Good Cause - NY1 reports from the Freecycle NYC FreeMeet on how New Yorkers can create less waste, while having fun and getting great free stuff in the process. (New York 1 News)

Paper, Plastic--Frying Pans? - Brian Leher talks with Freecycle New York City about ways to repurpose would-be trash with this online resource. ((The Brian Leher Show, WNYC.org))

Poor Nations Are Littered With Old PC's, Report Says - Coming on the heels of the fourth Recycle This! electronics recycling collection, this article describes the problem of our nation's e-waste ending up overseas. We are fortunate to work with Bronx-based recycler Per Scholas, who reconditions computers for reuse or recycles materials within the US. To read the report from the Basel Action Network go to www.ban.org (New York Times, October 24, 2005)

Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage - Recycle This! has shown you the film, and now you can delve even deeper into the findings of filmmaker/author Heather Rogers. Gone Tomorrow examines the roots of our throwaway culture--and what we can do about it. (The New Press)

Garbage Land - On the Secret Trail of Trash - In this new book, Park Slope's own Elizabeth Royte traces the trail of trash from her kitchen garbage can to its final destination. A great read for any New Yorker curious or concerned about what happens to the things we throw "away". (Little, Brown)

e-Garbage: World Wide Waste - Three New York City Council members introduced groundbreaking legislation that would require electronics producers to take responsibility for end-of-life disposal of their products. (Brooklyn Downtown Star - June 2, 2005)

Zero Heroes, or Waste Not.... - The National Zero Waste Action conference hit NYC this week. (Brooklyn Downtown Star - June 2, 2005)

Recycle This! to Host Electronics Recycling Day in Park Slope - Recycle This!, in partnership with Per Scholas, a not-for-profit computer recycling organization in the South Bronx, is providing the opportunity for New Yorkers to recycle their old computer and electronic waste at Per Scholas’ EPA-approved state-of-the-art facility. The April 3, 2005 event is the third of its kind for the group, and is free and open to the public. (Press Release)

Better than e-Bay, Freecycling is fun, and it’s free - The Freecycle New York City Post-Holiday Regifting Freemeet offers a sensible solution to New Yorkers looking to purge unwanted possessions. (The Villager, February 9, 2005)

Build It Green! Warehouse Opens in Astoria, February 12, 2005 - The Build It Green! NYC Warehouse is a 17,500 square feet not-for-profit retail outlet in Astoria, Queens. The BIG! Warehouse offers a variety of used and surplus building materials at reasonable prices and will eventually feature a line of green, energy efficient building supplies. Build It Green!, a project of Community Environmental Center, also performs building deconstruction—taking down buildings with care so that materials can be reused, rather than landfilled. BIG! will accept your donations of many types of reusable building materials. ()

Mayor Recommits to Ambitious Recycling Pact - Mayor Bloomberg announced today that NYC will sign a 20-year contract with one of the nation's largest recycling companies, a move that will strengthen recycling in the city and enhance local control by bringing a new recycling facility to Brooklyn. This plan will make recycling more economical and is expected to have a resounding effect on municipalities nationwide. (New York Times, September 14, 2004)