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Food Scrap & Textile Recycling at More Greenmarkets!

Posted on April 18, 2012 by GrowNYC

What better way to celebrate Earth Day than by visiting your local Greenmarket to recycle food scraps and textiles? GrowNYC is happy to help, with new sites for dropping off unwanted clothing, linens, and fruit & veggie scraps opening this weekend and throughout the Spring.

Thanks to the support of community partners the Western Queens Compost Initiative, Lower East Side Ecology Center and Wearable Collections, this collective effort takes aim at nearly one-quarter of NYC’s residential waste stream and has diverted 1.8 million pounds from disposal so far.

Here’s a handy chart to help you locate collection sites near you. Please note the hours for each collection differ from each other as well as market hours, due to routing and scheduling requirements of our community partners. Learn more about textile recycling and what to bring and find out what’s accepted for composting.

BOROUGH GREENMARKET ACCEPTING TEXTILES? ACCEPTING FOOD SCRAPS?
Brooklyn Bay Ridge Greenmarket
3rd Ave & 95th St		 NO YES – Saturdays, 8am-1:30pm May 12 – Nov 17, 2012
Brooklyn Brooklyn Borough Hall Greenmarket
Court & Montague		 YES – Saturdays, 8am-4:30pm starts April 21, 2012 YES – Saturdays, 8am-4pm
Brooklyn Carroll Gardens Greenmarket
Carroll St b/t Smith & Court		 YES – Sundays, 8am-2:30pm starts April 22, 2012 YES – Sundays, 8am-1pm starts April 22, 2012
Brooklyn Cortelyou Greenmarket
b/t Argyle & Rugby Rds		 YES – Sundays, 8am-3pm starts April 22, 2012 YES – Sundays, 8am-2pm starts April 22, 2012
Brooklyn Ft. Greene Greenmarket
Washington Park at DeKalb		 YES – Saturdays, 8am-3pm YES – Saturdays, 8am-3pm
Brooklyn Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket
NW corner of Prospect Park		 YES – Saturdays, 8am-4pm YES – Saturdays, 8am-3:30pm
Brooklyn McCarren Park Greenmarket
Union Ave b/t Driggs & N 12th St		 YES – Saturdays, 8am-2pm YES – Saturdays, 8am-2pm
Brooklyn Sunset Park Greenmarket
4th Ave b/t 59th & 60th Sts		 NO YES – Saturdays, 8am-1pm June 23 – Nov 17, 2012
Brooklyn Windsor Terrace – PS 154 Greenmarket
PS 154, 11th Ave b/t Sherman & Windsor Pl		 NO YES – Sundays, 8am-1:30pm July 8 – Nov 18, 2012
Manhattan 57th St Greenmarket
57th St & 9th Ave		 YES – Saturdays, 8am-12:30pm April 21 – Dec 22, 2012 YES – Saturdays, 8am-1pm April 21 – Dec 22, 2012
Manhattan 79th St Greenmarket
79th & Columbus		 NO YES – Sundays, 9am-1:30pm starts May 20, 2012
Manhattan 82nd St Greenmarket
82nd St b/t 1st & York		 YES – Saturdays, 9am-2pm starts April 21, 2012 YES – Saturdays, 9am-2pm starts April 21, 2012
Manhattan 92nd Street Greenmarket
92nd St & 1st Ave		 NO YES – Sundays, 9am-1pm Jun 17 – Dec 23, 2012
Manhattan 97th St Greenmarket
W 97th & Columbus		 YES – Fridays, 8am-2pm NO
Manhattan Abingdon Square Greenmarket
W12th St & 8th Ave		 YES – Saturdays, 8am-1pm starts April 21, 2012 YES – Saturdays, 8am-1pm
Manhattan Columbia University Greenmarket
Broadway b/t 114th & 115th Sts		 YES – Sundays, 8am-3pm starts April 22, 2012 YES – Sundays, 8am-1pm starts April 22, 2012
Manhattan Dag Hammarskjold Plaza Greenmarket
E 47th St & 2nd Ave		 YES – Wednesdays, 8am-3pm starts April 25, 2012 NO
Manhattan Inwood Greenmarket
Isham b/t Seaman & Cooper		 YES – Saturdays, 8am-3pm YES – Saturdays, 8am-12pm
Manhattan Tompkins Square Greenmarket
E 7th St & Ave A		 YES – Sundays, 8am-4pm YES – Sundays, 8am-1pm starts April 22, 2012
Manhattan Tribeca Greenmarket
Greenwich St at Chambers		 YES – Saturdays, 8am-1:30pm starts April 21, 2012 YES – Saturdays, 8am-2pm
Manhattan Tucker Square Greenmarket
66th St & Columbus Ave		 NO YES – Saturdays, 8am-1:30pm starts April 21, 2012
Manhattan Union Square Greenmarket
NE Section of Union Square Park		 YES – Saturdays and Mondays, 8am-4pm YES – Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat, 8am-5pm
Queens Jackson Heights Greenmarket
34th Ave b/t 77 & 78 Sts		 YES – Sundays, 8am-2pm YES – Sundays, 9am-12pm
Queens Socrates Sculpture Park Greenmarket
Vernon and Broadway		 NO YES – Saturdays, 9am-12pm June 23 – Nov 17, 2012
Queens Sunnyside Greenmarket
Skillman Ave b/t 42 & 43 St		 NO YES – Saturdays, 9am-12pm June 2 – Nov 17, 2012
Staten Island St. George Greenmarket
St. Marks & Hyatt Sts		 NO YES – Saturdays, 8am-1:30pm May 12 – Nov 17, 2012
Staten Island Staten Island Mall Greenmarket
Richmond Ave entrance (Parking Lot)		 NO YES – Saturdays, 9am-1pm June 23 – Dec 22, 2012
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How to Compost at Greenmarket in 3 Simple Steps

Posted on July 20, 2011 by GrowNYC

First-time composters wonder about the best way to get their veggie trimmings to the compost collection. Here’s our quick guide:

1) Get a storage container. Anything from a 32-ounce yogurt container or plastic bag to a covered pail will do the job. Check out our slideshow for more ideas.

2) Keep it cool. Store scraps in the freezer or fridge to reduce odors at home and at the Greenmarket.

3) Bring it to the market. Stop by the compost tent and empty your container into our receptacle. You can reduce waste by reusing the same container. After you shop you can drop in unwanted carrot tops, corn husks, radish greens, etc before leaving the market. That’s it!

Learn more about what you can and can’t compost.

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Compost in all shapes and sizes

Posted on July 8, 2011 by GrowNYC

GrowNYC just announced that our 4-month compost collection pilot at select Greenmarkets has been extended through December 31, 2011, so to celebrate the program and the 116,265 pounds of kitchen scraps New Yorkers have contributed, we thought we’d take a look at some of the most fun ways people have been storing and transporting compost.

Special thanks to volunteer Nicholas Knoll for sharing his photo skills!

Have a cool photo of your compost solution? Post it on our Facebook page!

Learn more about GrowNYC’s compost program.

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Compost pilot hits 41,000 lbs

Posted on April 28, 2011 by GrowNYC

Since launching our compost pilot collection at several Greenmarkets on March 5, participation has grown by “greens and browns.” Over eight weekends we have collected more than 41,000 pounds of food scraps at select markets in Brooklyn and Manhattan.

The pilot runs through June 25, so come show your support for composting this spring!

Learn more about GrowNYC’s compost initiatives.

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Speaker Quinn announces compost expansion

Posted on March 4, 2011 by GrowNYC

This morning, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn unveiled a a 4-month pilot program to expand current food scrap collections from NYC households at six additional Greenmarkets.

A pilot program will allow New York City residents to compost food scraps at six new Greenmarket locations. New Yorkers will now be able to drop off fruit and vegetable scraps for composting at 10 Greenmarkets in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens.

Read about our expanded compost program.

Photos from the press conference:

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