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.

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

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

1-3-13-electronics-13-bmp For those of you with a stack of old iPads in your junk drawer and no idea how to safely dispose of them, you now need look no further than Maria Hernandez Park. On April 13, 2013 the Lower East Side Ecology Center,  in partnership with the Bushwick Eco Action Network and sponsored by Tekserve, will hold […]

We called the NYC Department of Sanitation who informed us that the collections of recycling have been suspended in the entire city until further notice

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

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

In advance of NYFW, we’re looking at some of the hottest local names and brands to look out for

Responding to anonymous graffiti reading: “kill elected officials”

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

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

Voter suppression still happens in New York “in insidious ways”

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

Getting ready for a Spring cleaning?

“I’m alarmed by the rate of turnover in trends,” says TikTok personality Clara Perlmutter

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

A New York photographer of city life tries to not capture gentrification.

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

The citywide project is estimated to capture 55 million gallons of stormwater each year.

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

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

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.

Piles of trash and overflowing waste baskets have been permeating Bushwick for most of 2021.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

The relaunched organics waste collection program will continue to only serve limited neighborhoods in the city.