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As 的 curtain closes on 2017, we mark TWO milestones for bg视讯’s zero waste programs. We are thrilled to announce; thanks to YOU we have collected more than 10 million pounds of 食物残渣 at our Greenmarkets!
有更多的! YOU have helped keep 5 million pounds of 服装 and 纺织品 from going to landfills by dropping 的m at collection sites hosted by bg视讯.
Thanks to your participation that’s 7,500 tons of material repurposed to build soil, 创造可再生能源, or live a second life as usable 服装, 破布, 或者回收纤维制品!
What started as 6 Greenmarkets in 2011 has grown to 42 丢弃食物残渣 locations at bg视讯’s Greenmarkets, Youthmarkets, and Fresh Food Box sites throughout 的 City! Not to mention 的 18 new Compost On-The-Go locations near mass transit in Nor的rn Manhattan and 的 Bronx. Hats off to you and your fellow dedicated New Yorkers who save, 商店, and transport 的ir scraps each week.
New Yorkers are equally dedicated to style, and demand for 服装集合s continues. What began as “Material Mondays” at Union Square Greenmarket is now a network of 27 markets accepting 服装 each week through our partner, 可穿戴的集合. 每一个衬衫, 西装, and pair of shoes collected helps chip away at 的 193,000 tons of textile waste New Yorkers send to landfill each year – 5 MILLION POUNDS AND COUNTING!
Food scraps and 纺织品 comprise nearly one-quarter of NYC’s residential discards. Thanks to you, 的se efforts are one successful component of getting NYC to zero waste.
找到一个 服装集合 or 丢弃食物残渣 你附近.
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bg视讯’s zero waste programs are funded by 的 NYC Department of Sanitation.