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Learn more about composting and how to participate in the Department of Sanitation’s mandatory curbside composting program.

Receive a free 1-gallon kitchen container and bin decal while supplies last from Big Reuse!

We can’t wait to meet you and talk curbside composting with you.

Join the Save our Compost Press Rally on Tuesday 3/25 at 10:30am on NY City Hall steps. This will coincide with DSNY’s testimony and lead up to public testimony, which begins at 11 am.

Thank you for your support, we hope to see you there!

Office turntable set-up with a few $2 LPs from the @bigreuse.bsky.social #turntables #fridayfun ##records (still boycotting, LPs from urban waste cleanup nonprofit thrift shop)

In collaboration with @nybg.bsky.social Bronx Green Up, we now have six food scrap drop offs in the Bronx open* for collection! #communitycompost

*Karol's Community Farm is opening on 2/21

Thrifted some well-made dress shirts today at @bigreuse.bsky.social Tried on a wonderful home-sewn dress ('60s style) that sadly did not fit. #garmentsewing

A mold in the shape of a heart sits on a bed of soil. It's half-filled with green leaves, and half-filled with compost.

Join us and our friends from @bigreuse.bsky.social for these upcoming programs at the Library and learn what's happening with #Composting in NYC!
www.queenslibrary.org/search/calen...

The Public Environmental Data Project is committed to preserving and providing public access to federal environmental data, understanding that we rely on federal datasets and tools to support critical research, advocacy, and policy work.

Here are some recovered pages/tools:
screening-tools.com

Here (edgi-govdata-archiving.github.io/j40-cejst-2/...) you can find the unofficial copy of the CEJST Tool, as restored by the data scientists at Public Environmental Data Project.

We are grateful to be able to use this tool as we continue street tree care, planting, and compost work in NYC DACs.

‘Canary in a Coal Mine’: Data Scientists Restore a Climate Justice Tool Taken Down by Trump - Inside Climate News As one of its first acts, the Trump administration removed the online data tool used to allocate money to environmental justice communities. In two days, a coalition of data scientists had restored it...

We are lucky that coalitions like the Public Environmental Data Project exist and acted quickly to restore the Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool (CEJST), a digital mapping tool used to identify environmentally disadvantaged communities (DACs), crucial to environmental justice work.

The Fight to Keep Community Composting Alive in NYC Nando Rodriguez from Brotherhood Sister Sol is leading a campaign to bring 1,000 composting sites to every borough. Here’s why he's doing it.

Nando Rodriguez from Brotherhood Sister Sol @brosis512.bsky.social is leading a campaign to bring 1,000 composting sites to every borough. Here’s why he’s doing it.

If you are in nyc, I recommend going to @bigreuse.bsky.social where perhaps you too can find your emotional support espresso mug. Also their books are incredibly priced, $3.99/paperback and $4.99/hardcover usually.

We love rehoming treasures like this, keeping it out of the landfill to be loved by someone new! Thank you for sharing 💚

Affordable Tree Guard Pilot Project Takes Root in Brooklyn BROOKLYN — A new pilot program in Brooklyn is making it easier and more affordable for residents to protect the city’s urban tree canopy, one of the most critical resources in the fight against climat...

"Spearheaded by NYC Council Member Lincoln Restler and nonprofit Big Reuse, the initiative offers residents a low-cost tree guard option for just $275, significantly less than traditional designs." -@urbanizenyc.bsky.social

Learn more: bigreuse.org/treeguards

New York City now mandates composting. Next comes the hard part. Municipal composting programs like NYC’s aim to reduce methane emissions from landfills, but implementing them effectively is a long process. Just ask…

Big Reuse founder and executive director Justin Green was interviewed for this article on mandatory curbside composting in NYC.

“A lot of environmental change starts to happen at the community level,” Green said. “It’s a huge lift to change the behavior of millions of people." Read the story here:

'Climate superfund’ could make NY more resilient, but industry groups may try to block it Gov. Kathy Hochul signed into law a bill requiring major fossil fuel companies to pay into a fund for climate adaptation projects.

"The Business Council of New York State and over 30 business groups earlier this month called on Hochul to veto the bill, arguing that it 'targets sellers of fossil fuels while ignoring users as a contributor to emissions.'"

New York to charge fossil fuel companies for damage from climate change Large fossil fuel companies would have to pay fees to help New York fight the effects of climate change under a bill signed by Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul

"Large fossil fuel companies would have to pay fees to help New York fight the effects of climate change under a bill signed Thursday by Gov. Kathy Hochul."

Drop off your holiday tree at NYC Parks for Mulchfest between now and January 12. Find a Mulchfest location near you!

New York State Amends Food Scraps Disposal Ban | BioCycle Under the law, businesses and institutions that generate an annual average of 2 tons/week or more must donate excess edible food and recycle all remaining food scraps if they are within 25 miles of an...

"Governor Kathy Hochul signed Senate Bill S5331, which expands the original NYS Food Donation and Food Scraps Recovery Law...

"The new amendments to the law lower the threshold of food waste generators that must comply to an annual average of 1 ton/week starting January 1, 2026."

Currently available in 13 districts across Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, and the Bronx — check and see if your block qualifies for an affordable tree guard. Learn more about this initiative, in partnership with @lincolnrestler.bsky.social & NYC Council District 33 here:

Here's how North Brooklyn residents are working to protect vulnerable trees Brooklynites are trying to protect the new young trees coming to the borough after an ambitious effort to plant more than 3,000 trees in one district.

Funded by Council Member @lincolnrestler.bsky.social, we have created a more affordable tree guard for New York City residents!

A healthy urban tree canopy is a locally impactful action we can take to mitigate climate change—and tree guards keep our street trees safe.

Roosevelt Island Haki Compost Collective Is Back For Your Food Scraps Every Saturday At Motorgate Plaza - New Volunteers Are Welcome, Orientation This Saturday The Roosevelt Island Haki Compost Collective is back collecting your food scraps at the Motorgate Plaza every Saturday next to the Farmers ...

ICYMI #HakiCompost is back collecting food scraps on Roosevelt Island, Saturday mornings at Motorgate Plaza. They're hosting a volunteer orientation 12/14 from 11 to 11:30am for those interested in getting involved!

More coverage of our street tree planting with Rise Light & Power 🌱 Thanks again to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social for supporting this initiative in Astoria, Queens!

Mamdani stumps in Asthma Alley Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani (D-Astoria) joined representatives from Big Reuse and Rise Light & Power, the operator of the Ravenswood Generating Station, to announce the planting of 15 to 20 new

Read about our new tree planting initiative in Astoria, Queens — funded by and in partnership with Rise Light & Power.

Thanks for the support and for planting bulbs with us @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social!

I'm thrilled to announce a new tree-planting partnership with Rise Light & Power and @bigreuse.bsky.social in Western Queens.

Through Rise’s $100,000 investment, we will restore 15-20 damaged tree pits along Vernon Boulevard and between 35th and 40th Avenues.

Support Big Reuse's Street Tree Care team and give BIG to our planet ~ donate to our fundraiser this #GivingTuesday

Drought presents dire threat to NYC's street trees, arborists say For many street trees, survival may depend on their human neighbors.

Caring for NYC's 660,000+ street trees is direly needed during this unprecedented drought.

NYC to provide more ways to get your compost on with passage of parks bill The City Council is requiring parks in each borough to add new composting sites.

The City Council voted overwhelmingly in favor of legislation this week that would require a steady increase in the number of parks with composting facilities through July 2028.