Category: waste management
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Talking Trash
Forums Recap: Recycling Today, How It Works and What You Can Do To Improve It By Pamela Berns If you’re a New Yorker who actively recycles, you probably know that when it comes to recycling in New York City, tissues count as garbage, not paper, ice cream containers can’t be recycled, and film…
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Recap: Tour of the East River Compost Yard
By Jonathan Oriondo On August 15th, GreenHomeNYC hosted a tour of the East River Compost Yard in Manhattan, where participants learned what it takes to compost on a community-wide scale. Lia Lucero, the outreach coordinator for NYC Compost Project, personally guided us throughout the site. At first glance it was not obvious…
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Monthly Forum: April Forum – Sustainable Food Systems
Food waste. Food surplus. Whatever term you use, we throw away a lot of food! In total, New York City’s waste stream is roughly one-third organic material. According to the food hierarchy from the EPA, the highest and best use for food is human consumption and the least preferable option is landfill or incineration.…