This Earth Month, your $5 can go a long way! When you support Big Reuse’s work, you are supporting an organization strengthening NYC neighborhoods against climate impacts on multiple levels. Donate $5 today, so Little Green can keep doing big things for climate resiliency! 💚🌎 bigreuse.org/donate
We want to thank New York City Council for funding community composting and making this initiative possible, especially City Council Members Gale Brewer, Majority Leader Shaun Abreu, Elsie Encarnación, and Speaker Julie Menin, whose districts include Central Park and surrounding neighborhoods. ✨
We're THRILLED to be partnering with Central Park Conservancy for an on-site composting initiative that will convert Central Park’s horticultural waste into compost that can be used across the Park's 843 acres! 🍃 🍂
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"Thanks to a grant from the Department of Environmental Conservation, the [Big Reuse] will be planting a total of 235 new trees in disadvantaged communities in Brooklyn and Queens from now until spring 2027..."
Thanks to BK Reader for covering our new program!
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Do you 💚 Reuse? So does Little Green! It's hard work sorting and organizing secondhand items, but it's worth it to offer local, sustainable shopping. Help us keep bringing this necessary resource to Gowanus and Brooklyn by donating $5 at bigreuse.org/donate. No donation or action is too small! ♻🌎
With major cuts to the EPA & climate denial at the federal level, we know that local actions can make a big impact. Whether it’s volunteering, reusing, donating materials, or making a donation to fund our programs, your support makes for a more resilient NYC. Support our work at bigreuse.org/donate
🌎💚 Meet Little Green, our Big Reuse mascot and earth steward! This Earth Month, Little Green will be highlighting the many ways you can get involved with Big Reuse to make our city greener and more resilient as the climate warms.
LOVE this news! As we've been coordinating with schools and youth-based organizations at street tree care events, we've found kids to be engaged and excited while learning about trees, soil, compost, and climate resiliency. 💚🌊🌳
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Thank you BK Reader for covering the opening of our Bushwick Reuse Center!
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As we keep working to complete sections of the store & fully fill up our racks & shelves (especially our bookshelves!) over the coming weeks, you'll continue to see more inventory and changes. We hope you'll enjoy stopping by & seeing our progress, as well as finding new items to love & repurpose.
Operating hours of the new store will be 11AM-7PM daily for both shopping and donation. We're located at 378 Troutman Street, accessible by the Jefferson Avenue L train stop and the B38 bus stop at DeKalb Avenue/Irving Avenue.
We're thrilled to announce that our Bushwick Reuse Center is officially opening this Thursday, February 12! We'll still be dotting our i's and crossing a few t's, but we're ready to welcome you into the space we've been working so hard to build.
Our February 14 Street Tree Care event at 2nd Avenue Greenway has been postponed to March 7! RSVPs for the rescheduled date, along with two other opportunities to care for street trees at 2nd Ave Greenway on February 21 & 28, are open at lnk.bio/stcnyc 🌳
Thanks to Council Member Jen Gutierrez for representing Bushwick and voting to fund community composting, and thanks to New York City Council for supporting community composting for FY26!
With the cubes, El Garden’s operation is scaling up! If you live close by, spread the word and lookout for upcoming workdays. This Spring, Big Reuse will be co-hosting community composting volunteer days at El Garden, every 3rd Friday 10AM-12PM.
Made a big composter pile at El Garden in Bushwick this past Friday just before the weekend’s big freeze. Jenny & Annie, El Garden’s community compost leads & Master Composters, showed us how they’re using their new extra large aluminum community compost cubes!
With inclement frigid weather and L train service changes this Saturday, January 24, we are postponing the opening party of our new Bushwick Reuse Center to Saturday, February 28, 6PM-8PM. Stay tuned for a new invitation and updated RSVP link. Thanks for understanding and stay warm this weekend!
Use this site to compost your:
🍌🥕 Fruit & Vegetable Scraps
🍂🌱 Yard & Plant Waste
☕📜 Coffee grounds, Tea leaves, & Brown Paper
New year, new compost site! Our amazing team has set up a Food Scrap Drop-Off site at The Salt Lot in Gowanus. Green bins will be available at 22 2nd Avenue Monday-Friday, 10AM-4PM. (These hours are subject to change—if the bins aren't out, we ask that you don't leave your scraps on the sidewalk!)
While the future of state and federal funding for environmental programs remains uncertain, we're grateful to our community for seeing the value in community-based land-stewardship and environmental education.
Stay tuned for upcoming projects, and support Big Reuse at bigreuse.org/donate.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to our End-of-Year Fundraising Campaign! We raised a total of $48,883.88, which will be used to reach more NYC neighborhoods with environmental education, community composting, tree care, and reuse in 2026.
Can’t make it to Mulchfest? Christmas trees can also be placed on the curb on your regular composting collection day 🎄✨
We hate to see beautiful Christmas trees kicked to the curb! Luckily, you can make sure your evergreens give evergreen care back to our soil by bringing your tree to Mulchfest through January 11! Find a Mulchfest location near you on the NYC Parks website.
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Our 2025 map of community work shows every tree care event, volunteer compost site, food scrap drop-off site, bin installation, curbside compost outreach event, and tree guard installation across the city! Help Big Reuse make a big local impact in the new year—donate today at bigreuse.org/donate.
This Giving Tuesday, you can give TWICE as Big for New York City! Thanks to the generosity of our Board of Trustees, all contributions made from today until December 8 will be matched up to $5,000. Donate today at bigreuse.org/donate.
Planning to compost your post-holiday meal scraps in NYC? Our NYSDERA Fellow Tatiana Guerra put together a guide on where and what to compost the leftovers from your table! 🍗🥗🥕🧄
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We need your help to provide the support and resources that New Yorkers deserve. With federal, state, and city funding uncertainties, Big Reuse relies on support from people like you who understand the value in local environmental and community-based work. Donate today: bigreuse.org/donate.
Give BIG for NYC by supporting our End-of-Year Fundraising Campaign! Support Big Reuse to continue to bring composting, tree care, reuse, education, outreach, and community to our amazing city. Donate today at bigreuse.org/donate.
Thank you to @brooklyncollege.bsky.social's BC Brief for covering our recent projects with students! Learn more about a recently installed composting system & our tree guard collaboration w/ the Office of Environmental Health, Safety, and Sustainability & TREEage 🌳
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“For far too long, Astoria has been labeled Asthma Alley and held the distinction of having the worst air quality in all of Queens. ...this partnership offers us a glimpse of a future built around renewable energy generation,” said Mamdani. Looking forward this next chapter for our city! 🌳 🍎
