a reblog covering NYC’s sustainability scene
Posted in Miscellany on Jul 12th, 2008
Too much piling up on the backlog. Time to digest it all. Highlights from an undercovered couple of days.
Hundreds (or even thousands!) of bikes to be a part of broad new bike share program.
Brooklyn Heights named America’s most fuel efficient neighborhood. (Though we really can’t figure out how they came up with those numbers.)
Another long […]
From CENYC:
Did you know that 5.7% of NYC’s residential waste is textiles yet they are 100% Recyclable! Recycle your unwanted textile materials at the Union Square Greenmarket every Monday 8AM - 6PM through December 2008!
Textiles are collected EVERY Monday from 8 A.M to 6 P.M. on Union Square West near 15th Street. Acceptable donations […]
Posted in Waste on May 29th, 2008
The NRDC released a report yesterday about the cost efficiency and environmental benefits of recyling. From the Times’ City Room blog:
The detailed report by DSM Environmental, an independent consulting company based in Vermont, shows that it still costs slightly more to recycle but the difference is narrowing and that within five years, recycling will more […]
The Gotham Gazette’s Wonkster blog had a nice item last Friday about a couple of ways that groups can raise money through materials recycling collection. Writer Mike Muller took an admirable approach in this piece, focusing on how schools or charitable groups could use these programs–in this case EcoPhones and Wearable Collections–to raise funds […]
Back and forth week for the new electronics recycling law passed by City Council.
First, there’s this:
NEW YORK (February 13, 2008) – The New York City Council passed groundbreaking legislation (Intro. 104-A) today that would institute a city-wide electronics recycling program for the 25,000 tons […]