Waste Education Day in NYC Schools February 7!
What is your school doing for the next Climate Action Day that will teach young people about waste and its impact on the environment?
Inner City Green Team Named Outstanding Organization at NERC's 2023 Fall Conference
The Northeast Recycling Council’s 7th Annual Environmental Leadership Awards Ceremony, recognizing those who further NERC’s mission to minimize waste, conserve natural resources, and advance a sustainable economy through facilitated collaboration and action.
Plastic Waste Audit with Your Rep Assembly District 67
Please join THE MANHATTAN SOLID WASTE ADVISORY BOARD for a walk along District 67 and collect discarded CIGARETTE BUTTS/ E-CIGARETTE WASTE.
Healthy Urban Soils, Healthy People, Healthy Communities, and the Benefits of Compost & Composting
The Manhattan Solid Waste Advisory Board's "Healthy Urban Soils, Healthy People, Healthy Communities, and the Benefits of Compost and Composting" event will promote citywide organics collection and raise funds for both MSWAB’s composting grants and its "Reduce, Reuse, and Repair" grant, while also raising awareness about the importance of diverting organics from landfills.
Dr. Maggie Clarke appears on News10 Albany
Clarke discusses New York State landfills and the DEC’s proposed update to their Solid Waste Management Plan with reporter Amal Tlaige.
“Skip the Stuff” Starts On 7/31!
As of July 31, 2023, New York City food service establishments and third-party food delivery apps and couriers cannot provide the following items in restaurant take-out or delivery orders unless customers request them:
Comments to the NYS DEC from the NYC Solid Waste Advisory Boards and a coalition of environmental organizations
The New York State Climate Action Council in its Nation-leading Climate plan and resulting law set the goals of a 40-percent reduction in statewide greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 levels by 2030 and an 85-percent reduction from 1990 levels by 2050.
What Happens to NYC’s Organic Waste?
A panel discussion moderated by Council Member Sandy Nurse discussing community and municipal composting and anaerobic digestion. Monday, Jun 12, 2023 at 6:00 PM | Eventbrite
Mending Circle
The Waste Prevention and Reuse committee, with generous support from the Textile Committee and the MSWAB at large, hosted their inaugural Mending Circle gathering at the Morningside Heights Library on Saturday, February 25, 2023 from 2-4pm
March 8 Speaker : Tracy Frisch
Next Wednesday March 8th | 6-8pm Tracy Frisch will speak about, ‘The Use of Sewage Sludge as a Fertilizer or Soil Amendment Endangers Human Health and the Future of Our Farms.’
Learn What You Never Knew About Cigarette Butt And Vape Waste And Come to April 20 Panel
Cigarette butts and vape waste, regularly tossed on the ground, contribute significantly to health and environmental hazards. 4.5 trillion cigarette butts, saturated with potent toxins, are annually discarded world-wide.
Join a cigarette butt and vape walk with the MSWAB
Think you already know about microplastics and toxic chemicals? Cigarette butts and vape waste, regularly tossed on the ground, contribute significantly to health and environmental hazards. 4.5 trillion cigarette butts, saturated with potent toxins, are annually discarded world-wide.
Part 2: Waste, Environment & Race - A Community Conversation event series
This event addresses the intersection of food, health, and waste and its impact on vulnerable communities. A panel of community leaders and organizers, moderated by BkSWAB, will speak to their ongoing work to address racial, environmental and climate injustice.
NYC Solid Waste Advisory Boards' Public Hearing Regarding EPR
Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx and Queens Solid Waste Advisory Boards’ (SWABs) Public Hearing on Title 33 , Extended Producer Responsibility included in Governor Hochul’s proposed Fiscal Year 2023 Executive Budget.
Extended Producer Responsibility Hearing (EPR) February 2
Announcing the Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx and Queens Solid Waste Advisory Boards’ (SWABs) Public Hearing on Title 33 , Extended Producer Responsibility included in Governor Hochul’s proposed Fiscal Year 2023 Executive Budget.
The Cigarette Butt Tour
Why is NO BUTTS an urgent tour for everyone – and especially for smokers? Because everyday cigarette butts are dropped on our streets, go down our drains, into local waters, and leach into our soil.
NYCHA and the NYC Solid Waste Advisory Boards (SWAB) Convene Panel
NYCHA officials from the Energy & Sustainability, Waste Management, and Pest Control departments today joined community leaders from the Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens Solid Waste Advisory Boards (SWAB) for a panel discussion on the future of waste recycling in New York City
Organic Waste Diversion and Sustainability: NRDC Testimony on NYC's FY 2022 Budget
NRDC is part of the Save Our Compost coalition. And we join our colleagues in urging the Council to boost funding for these and related programs to 14.7 million dollars in the final FY 22 budget.