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New York’s First Food Waste Recycling Facility Is Turning Scraps into Energy in Bushwick

New York’s First Food Waste Recycling Facility Is Turning Scraps into Energy in Bushwick

East Williamsburg Chef to Take on Zero Waste Challenge at NYC’S Food Waste Fair

East Williamsburg Chef to Take on Zero Waste Challenge at NYC’S Food Waste Fair

With sustainability at its core, chef Naama Tamir of the Lighthouse will tackle the city’s Zero Food Waste cooking challenge.

New Zero-Waste Food Store Precycle Aims To Educate & Build Community

New Zero-Waste Food Store Precycle Aims To Educate & Build Community

Woman-owned shop will open on Starr Street next month.

Old Electronics? Here’s Where To Recycle Your E-Waste In/Around Bushwick

Old Electronics? Here’s Where To Recycle Your E-Waste In/Around Bushwick

Don’t toss your old or broken electronics in the trash – it’s illegal and harms the environment. Opt for recycling or donating old tech at a handful of locations in and around Bushwick.

Bushwick’s Ornithology Jazz Club Serves up Vegan Food and Free Nightly Jam Sessions

Bushwick’s Ornithology Jazz Club Serves up Vegan Food and Free Nightly Jam Sessions

Musicians and locals alike can enjoy the nightly shows or partake and experiment with an original piece. The idea is to create a ‘permissive environment’ where music can be explored, said co-owner Mitchell Borden.

The Moffat Street Community Garden Opens a Composting and Food Scrap Drop-Off Site

The Moffat Street Community Garden Opens a Composting and Food Scrap Drop-Off Site

Residents no longer have to take the 30-minute walk to Know Waste Lands to compost.

Food Fest of Brooklyn’s Best: TASTE Williamsburg Returns for 10th Anniversary this September

Food Fest of Brooklyn’s Best: TASTE Williamsburg Returns for 10th Anniversary this September

The festival will benefit the Firehouse North Brooklyn Community Center!

Bushwick Food Co-Op Needs Your Help to Recover From Fire Damage

Bushwick Food Co-Op Needs Your Help to Recover From Fire Damage

Bushwick Welcomes the First Zero-Waste Grocery Delivery Service in the US

Bushwick Welcomes the First Zero-Waste Grocery Delivery Service in the US

Sustainable and reusable packaging, organic produce, AND delivery. What else can one dream of?

Bushwick’s Precycle is Finally Open for Zero Waste Shopping

Bushwick’s Precycle is Finally Open for Zero Waste Shopping

Get package-free groceries, household products, & beauty supplies right here in the neighborhood

Bushwick Restaurants Are Offering up Leftovers for Just a Few Bucks per Bag

Bushwick Restaurants Are Offering up Leftovers for Just a Few Bucks per Bag

Over the past year, many Bushwick restaurants teamed up with an app called Too Good to Go to fight food waste, attract new customers and offer inexpensive food.

At a Town Hall In Bushwick, Locals Complain About Rats

At a Town Hall In Bushwick, Locals Complain About Rats

“We’ve been fighting rats coming in and out. I don’t know why.”

Farm Out! Farm-to-Table Grocery Delivery Biz Opens A Kitchen & Bar In Bushwick

Farm Out! Farm-to-Table Grocery Delivery Biz Opens A Kitchen & Bar In Bushwick

A grocery delivery service took the the place of Brooklyn Cider House on Flushing Avenue – they’re opening their doors this weekend.

This Earth Day, Try Cleaning Up Bushwick

This Earth Day, Try Cleaning Up Bushwick

Or try out ‘a food scrap demo’ to possibly reduce your waste.

Community Gardens Are Reopening, and They Need Dedicated Volunteers

Community Gardens Are Reopening, and They Need Dedicated Volunteers

Look up and support your local community garden in providing sustenance and critical green space.

Bushwick Goes to Tripoli

Bushwick Goes to Tripoli

Some of the best falafel in the city is getting made right on Morgan Avenue

A Bushwick Church Needs Help Feeding Hungry Neighbors

A Bushwick Church Needs Help Feeding Hungry Neighbors

Bushwick Abbey is asking community members and local businesses to help keep its free food pantry and refrigerator stocked.

Brooklyn Bars Sue Cuomo For Millions

Brooklyn Bars Sue Cuomo For Millions

Local bars and restaurants say the last year of inconsistent COVID restrictions have cost them big

The Bitter Fight for Brooklyn’s City Council Seat is Complicated by Coronavirus

The Bitter Fight for Brooklyn’s City Council Seat is Complicated by Coronavirus

The COVID-19 pandemic has delayed the election for Rafael Espinal’s seat until June but the candidates are still running and “politics is still alive and well in Brooklyn”

Bushwick Daily 2019 Year in Review

Bushwick Daily 2019 Year in Review

Twelve highlights of awesome articles published throughout the past year, all in one cozy collection

An Exhibit Made of Trash Inspires Environmental Activism

An Exhibit Made of Trash Inspires Environmental Activism

Composting in Bushwick: Here’s Where to Drop Off Your Organic Scraps

Composting in Bushwick: Here’s Where to Drop Off Your Organic Scraps

Change begins with the individual, start composting today!

7 Ways to Give Back in and Around Bushwick This Thanksgiving

7 Ways to Give Back in and Around Bushwick This Thanksgiving

Ways to give back to the community during (and after) the holiday season.

Bushwick’s “El Garden” Could Be Razed to Create New Housing. Sign the Petition to Save It

Bushwick’s “El Garden” Could Be Razed to Create New Housing. Sign the Petition to Save It

Increasing affordable housing and creating community green space are both laudable goals to pursue in the ongoing evolution of NYC’s neighborhoods, but a recent decision from city hall to invite developers to turn community gardens across the city into construction sites for new affordable housing seems to pit the two objectives against each other

BKROT Makes Composting Easy, Supports Bushwick’s Urban Farms

BKROT Makes Composting Easy, Supports Bushwick’s Urban Farms

As good Brooklynites, we here at Bushwick Daily are familiar with the virtues of composting our food scraps

Drama In The Denizen

Drama In The Denizen

Safety concerns and money mixups now plague a luxury housing development In Bushwick

The Earth Saved Me

The Earth Saved Me

Meet Hila the Killa, Bushwick’s self-styled ‘eco-rapper’

HBO Comes To Queens

HBO Comes To Queens

A comedian finds his voice filming things in a Bushwick-adjacent neighborhood in Queens.

GrowNYC Launches New Public Compost Drop-off Site in Ridgewood

GrowNYC Launches New Public Compost Drop-off Site in Ridgewood

The Ridgewood compost drop-off site is open from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. every Saturday.

Will New ‘Smart Compost’ Bins Expand to Bushwick?

Will New ‘Smart Compost’ Bins Expand to Bushwick?

What are those orange compost bins popping up in Astoria and Lower Manhattan? Will they expand to other neighborhoods?

New York City’s Annual Holiday Tradition, Mulchfest, Is Back Again. Read Where You Can Recycle Your Holiday Tree in Bushwick

New York City’s Annual Holiday Tradition, Mulchfest, Is Back Again. Read Where You Can Recycle Your Holiday Tree in Bushwick

With over 74 drop-off or chipping sites citywide, find a Mulchfest location near you.

Un Vecino Necesita Tu Ayuda Para Traer El Compostaje a Las Aceras De Bushwick

Un Vecino Necesita Tu Ayuda Para Traer El Compostaje a Las Aceras De Bushwick

El servicio de compostaje en la acera se reanudó en Octubre de este año, pero solo en algunos barrios elegibles.

A Neighbor Needs Your Help to Bring Composting to the Sidewalks of Bushwick

A Neighbor Needs Your Help to Bring Composting to the Sidewalks of Bushwick

The curbside composting service resumed in October this year, but only in some eligible neighborhoods.

Meet Brooklyn’s New Borough President, Antonio Reynoso

Meet Brooklyn’s New Borough President, Antonio Reynoso

Antonio Reynoso, a North Brooklyn native, has won the election to be Brooklyn’s next borough president.

Introducing Plantita: Like a Little Free Library, but for Plants

Introducing Plantita: Like a Little Free Library, but for Plants

“Come by any time. Take a plant, leave a plant.”

Curbside Composting in Bushwick: Can We Make It Happen?

Curbside Composting in Bushwick: Can We Make It Happen?

How to bring curbside composting to Bushwick, according to the DSNY, and where you can drop off your compost in the meantime.