To everyone who brought batteries, cell phones & #5 plastics in to Green in BKLYN for our Month of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle…  Thank you!

We’ll be sending the #5 plastics off to Recycline – the company that takes those plastics & turns them into bowls, cups, toothbrushes & razors as well as all sorts of other home treasures. We love their products (have them in the shop) & love what they do with plastic (reduce, reuse & recycle)…  And, if you buy a toothbrush from us, as long as they have them for us, we’ll send you home with a Recycline pre-paid envelope so you can recycle your toothbrush yourself.

The cell phones will be used for… art!  We have a fellow who’ll be picking them up & adding them to a series of installations he’s doing.  We’ll give you details when we know where & when.  And will include photos!  Our mystery artist’s work is fascinating.  Stay tuned.

Amazingly, standard alkaline batteries are now accepted in the trash…

Directly quoting from the Department of Sanitation for New York:
“Standard alkaline batteries are not considered hazardous waste, since they no longer contain mercury.  Place batteries with your regular trash, not in your recycling bin.

And – All household batteries are accepted at any NYC Department of Sanitation Self-Help Special Waste Drop-Off Site.”

So, since you brought us so many batteries, we’ll be dropping them off at the Brooklyn Special Waste Drop-Off Site at Bay 41st Street & Gravesend Bay, south of the Belt Parkway  & adjacent to the DSNY Brooklyn 11 garage.

If you’re looking for other Special Waste Drop-Off Sites, check out NYC WasteLeSS.

If you’re looking for additional ways & places to recycle stuff, check out the  NYC WasteLeSS list of Recyclers & Vendors.

And, finally, we’re working on setting up an e-waste collection in or near Green in BKLYN.  It may take a while but we are working on it!