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Waste and Recycling

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    Life in the Pig City: New Yorkers Love Public Dumping

    ​Here's some good news for the giant rats galavanting through our fair city (and bad news for the rest of us who want to avoid disease): Stats show that a decent amount New Yorkers are complete dirtbags who really like to dump their trash in public.

  • Voice Choices

    January 11, 2012

    FARM AID

    Grow organic food locally (real local)

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2011

    There's a Lot of Trash in Williamsburg and Greenpoint

    ​Two neighborhoods in New York City are trashier than ever, at least, in a manner of speaking. According to a new study released today, there are more garbage trucks in Williamsburg and Greenpoint, where 19 of New York City's 58 waste transfer stations are located -- "362 trucks per hour at si ... More >>

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    October 26, 2011

    STREET SYMPHONY

    Headphones not required

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    NYU Donates Furniture, Trash to Grace Church School, the New Tenant at Cooper Square

    Ward HarkavyDiscarded chairs at Cooper Square​Did you hear? NYU got a Gold STARS rating for its stellar environmental practices this year! Awesome! Greenwich Village neighbors and preservationists, you can rest easy -- the potential transformation of your neighborhood, however scary, is at lea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2010

    Mayor Bloomberg Toys With Charging for Trash Collection, Nothing is Off Limits

    ​Budget cuts: necessary stink, but potentially smellier if trash collection moves up on Bloomberg's agenda to get our city back in the black. At a recent press conference, the mayor mentioned possibly charging residents for garbage collection as the city already does for restaurants and busine ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    June 29, 2010

    LE SWEDE, C'EST CHIC

    Sustainable fashion design from Sweden

  • Film

    January 5, 2010
  • Blogs

    December 20, 2009

    Bloomberg: No snow day, but hey, cocoa and sleds!

    Mayor Bloomberg announced this morning that although alternate side and trash pickup are canceled for tomorrow, school isn't. To make it up to the children of New York, the Parks Department is providing sleds and cocoa in all five boroughs (Crotona Park in the Bronx, Prospect Park in Brooklyn, River ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2009

    The Food Court at the American Museum of Natural History Goes Green, Officially

    ​Among other firsts New York can now claim is the country's first 3-Star Green Certified museum food court: the American Museum of Natural History has just earned its certification from the Green Restaurant Association, a non-profit organization that promotes environmentally conscious practice ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    September 29, 2009

    URBAN ART-FITTERS

    Bushwick block party captures all the senses

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2009

    Tolling Bridges, Taxing Rich, Chaining City Workers to Desks Among City's Budget Options

    This morning the city's Independent Budget Office issued its annual Budget Options document, a sprawling list of ways for the city to either save money or raise revenue. In past years, this was the kind of thing that only got policy wonks' hearts a-flutter; now, with the city staring down the barre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2006

    Victoria's Secret Goes Green, Sort of

    This morning the city's Independent Budget Office issued its annual Budget Options document, a sprawling list of ways for the city to either save money or raise revenue. In past years, this was the kind of thing that only got policy wonks' hearts a-flutter; now, with the city staring down the barre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2006

    Environmentalists Chain Themselves to Victoria's Secret

    This morning the city's Independent Budget Office issued its annual Budget Options document, a sprawling list of ways for the city to either save money or raise revenue. In past years, this was the kind of thing that only got policy wonks' hearts a-flutter; now, with the city staring down the barre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2006

    Judge Trashes Bid to Block City Garbage Plan

    This morning the city's Independent Budget Office issued its annual Budget Options document, a sprawling list of ways for the city to either save money or raise revenue. In past years, this was the kind of thing that only got policy wonks' hearts a-flutter; now, with the city staring down the barre ... More >>

  • News

    July 25, 2006

    Dumping on Everyone Else

    Trash plan relieves our neighborhoods, but west of the Hudson, it's just more of the same old garbage from New York City

  • Columns

    September 13, 2005

    Go Fetch!

    Eco-friendly treats for your animal friends

  • News

    September 10, 2002

    The Unkindest Cuts

    Lost Jobs Tough to Recycle

  • News

    August 6, 2002

    Trash Drive

    Lost Jobs Tough to Recycle

  • News

    January 18, 2000

    Alternating Currents

    Lost Jobs Tough to Recycle

  • News

    February 9, 1999

    Trash Talking

    Lost Jobs Tough to Recycle

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