The longer I’m around, the more I notice the cyclical nature of, well, life. What goes around does, indeed, come around. The question of recycling, where, how & why is often asked. And so, the question is revisited with the … More →

Often folks ask where they can recycle stuff…  We take clean #5 plastics (yogurt containers, Preserve plastic products & some take out containers) at Green in BKLYN.  And often print info here on the blog about local recycling collection events. … More →

As some of you know, from word-of-mouth, reading the blog or participating, Green in BKLYN is recycling clean #5 plastics.  Well, really what we’re doing is collecting #5 plastics & sending them off to one of the wonderful companies we … More →

After our September collection of #5 plastics (along with batteries & cell phones), we are now shipping them off! They’re going to the Preserve Collection Site to be turned into products (all made with 100% post-consumer #5 plastics)… Then we’ll … More →

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 … More →

Every Sunday in September Myrtle Avenue becomes an active, pedestrian-friendly public space… In other words, from 11am to 7pm every Sunday in September, Myrtle Avenue is closed to car traffic (between Clinton & Emerson Avenues) .  Very green, indeed! There … More →

There’s lots of talk about safe & unsafe plastics, how to recycle them, why or why not use them & so on.  So, as my grandpa would say, what’s all this with these plastics? Well, many of the plastics we … More →