Big Reuse

Thank you NYC Department of Parks & Recreation and New York University Give Where You Live for collaborating with us on this street tree care volunteer event at Roy Wilkins Park in Queens!

The United States generates over 600 million tons of demolition waste annually, making it the largest single-source waste stream. Deconstruction - an alternative to conventional demolition - prioritizes the careful disassembly of buildings to salvage and reuse materials, significantly reducing environmental impact and supporting a circular economy ?? > Material Recovery: Up to 90% of construction and demolition waste can be reused or recycled. > Health & Environmental Impacts: Demolition methods can release harmful particulates, posing risks to both workers and surrounding communities. > Infrastructure for Reuse: Organizations such as Big Reuse and Habitat for Humanity ReStore facilitate material recovery and redistribution. > Material Transparency: Digital Product Passports (e.g., QR codes, RFID tags) enhance traceability, ensuring materials remain viable for future reuse. ?? Learn more about deconstruction’s role in reducing waste and embodied carbon in our latest blog: https://lnkd.in/ezeKRWgD ?? Join us for our upcoming event, Restoration and Resilience: Rebuilding Ukraine, on Monday, March 3rd at 6:30pm ET, to explore sustainable reconstruction efforts: https://lnkd.in/esW_8CKF #HealthyMaterials #CircularEconomy #Deconstruction #SustainableBuilding #salvage #architecturalsalvage #circular #circulardesign

Big Reuse has a Patagonia Action Works page! Thanks for the support for our mission. ??

Is your team or ERG looking for a zero waste volunteer activity? Big Reuse hosts corporate teams for volunteer days at our reuse center — connect with us at [email protected] to inquire!

We love this video and project from our NYC Community Compost Network partners at The Brotherhood Sister Sol ?? can't wait for the next video! Thank you for visiting our Reuse Center and shopping sustainably with us.

Is your team or ERG interested in participating in a group street tree care volunteer day with Big Reuse? Learn more here and schedule a volunteer day with us by emailing [email protected].

Join us at Queens Public Library branches for some compost education and workshops! Compost for All: The Current Landscape of NYC Composting? Friday, Feb 7, 2:30pm-3:45pm @ Queens Library - Woodside 54-22 Skillman Avenue, Woodside, NY 11377 What’s Up with Curbside Composting? Saturday, Feb 8, 2pm-3pm @ Queens Library - Lefferts 103-34 Lefferts Boulevard, Richmond Hill, NY 11419

We are lucky that coalitions like the Public Environmental Data Project exist and acted quickly to restore the Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool (CEJST), a digital mapping tool used to identify environmentally disadvantaged communities (DACs), crucial to environmental justice work. You can find the unofficial copy of the CEJST Tool, as restored by the data scientists at Public Environmental Data Project, here: https://lnkd.in/e8SshHe8 The Public Environmental Data Project is committed to preserving and providing public access to federal environmental data, understanding that we rely on federal datasets and tools to support critical research, advocacy, and policy work. Here are some recovered pages/tools: https://lnkd.in/gH_nJv25 We are grateful to be able to use this tool as we continue street tree care, planting, and compost work in NYC DACs.

Thank you Urbanize Media for covering our Tree Guard Project, funded by and in partnership with Council Member lincoln restler