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.
“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:
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.
Can I recycle this? With Jennie Romer on Roosevelt Island.
A guide to better recycling. And how to reduce single-use plastics.
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