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[WATCH] Billion Oyster Project Seeks to Recover New York City's Once Booming Oyster Population

2020-11-04T12:00:00-05:00

The Billion Oyster Project is a program in partnership with Mayor Bill de Blasio and the Department of Environmental Protection that has a long term goal of reintroducing a billion live oysters into the once-rich New York Harbor and surrounding waters. In this video from Zagat, see how the project works to make a difference in New York Harbor's ecosystem.

The Billion Oyster Project is trying to do some good with the oyster shells leftover from your dinner. The organization collects empty oyster shells that would usually be sent to the landfill, and returns them to the rivers surrounding the city. The goal: to restore the habitat so that a new generation of bivalves can flourish naturally.

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[WATCH] "How NYC Works" Covers Metal, Glass and Plastic Recycling in the City

2020-10-14T16:00:00-04:00

The bi-weekly series How NYC Works from local NY1 takes an in-depth look at the inner workings and day-to-day operations of the City’s five boroughs. In this episode, host Roger Clark goes behind the scenes of the city’s recycling program to find out what’s next for all that metal, glass and plastic you toss in the bin.

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[WATCH] Here's How the NYC Department of Sanitation Turns Your Christmas Tree Into Compost for NYC Parks

2020-01-15T12:00:00-05:00

After the holidays, DSNY collects NYC naked Christmas trees (without lights, tinsel, ornaments, stands, plastic bags) to a facility where the trees are chipped, mixed with leaves and recycled into rich compost for NYC's parks. How is it done? Watch now!

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[WATCH] Bloom Again Brooklyn Recycles Used Flowers and Donates Arrangements Around New York City

2019-12-01T16:00:00-05:00

Since 2014, BloomAgainBklyn has delivered over 70,000 flower arrangements to senior health care centers, home bound seniors, trauma and homeless survivors and others in need throughout Brooklyn. BloomAgainBklyn has brought joy to many who may not regularly receive flowers or visitors while creating positive interactions between volunteers and recipients.

Check out BloomAgainBklyn to learn more about this great local non-profit organization.

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[VIDEO] NYC Recycles Explains How You Can Help Compost Through Food Scrap Drop-Offs

2019-05-22T11:00:00-04:00

NYC Recycles has a new informational video out explaining how food scrap drop-offs work in the City.

Food scraps can be turned into useful compost that helps make NYC green. You can take food waste for composting to drop-off sites located throughout the five boroughs.

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[WATCH] Here's Exactly How to Follow New York City Recycling Laws

2018-06-14T15:30:00-04:00

Recycling is the law in New York City for all residents, agencies, and institutions that receive DSNY sanitation collection. It is also one of the simplest and most effective ways you can reduce your carbon footprint. Watch and learn what can, and can't be recycled in NYC.

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Here's How New York City's Garbage is Recycled at the Nation's Largest Recycling Facility

2018-05-20T11:00:00-04:00

Each day, the 11-acre Sims Municipal Recycling in Sunset Park processes over 450 tons of recycled materials through an amazing automated process involving air jets and conveyor belts. In this video from our friends at Insider, see how the advanced tech works to keep New York City streets clean.

The Sims Municipal Recycling Facility in Brooklyn is the largest recycling facility in the country. In just one day, the facility sees about 800 tons of recyclable materials. That's the equivalent of nearly 100 elephants. Because of the amount of materials the center is able to process, it's helped remove more than 200,000 garbage trucks from NYC's streets.

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[VIDEO] This E-Waste Warehouse in Gowanus Gives Second Life to Older Electronics

2018-03-08T11:30:00-05:00

The Gowanus E-waste Warehouse is a large facility in Brooklyn that allows New Yorkers to drop off and recycle discarded, old, and/or broken electronics for free. The goal of the warehouse is to reduce the contamination that the toxic electronic parts would add to our landfills, and ultimately, our environment. Learn more about the warehouse in this video from our friends at BRIC TV.

The Gowanus E-Waste Warehouse is on a mission to divert as much electronic waste from landfills as possible.Through their recycling program, NYC residents can drop off electronic waste free of charge. Some electronics can be refurbished and sold at their Re-use Store, providing low-cost electronics to the community, while others are kept to provide props to filmmakers.

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[VIDEO] More on the Incredible Model of Manhattan Made Using Recycled Computer Chips

2018-03-03T11:00:00-05:00

Back in February, we shared this incredible scale model of Manhattan that used discarded electronics, chips, and hot glue. Zayd Menk, the artist who created the piece, recently put out this behind-the-scenes, making-of video showing how it all came together. Check it out!

this is what midtown manhattan at the .0635 : 100 scale looks like. the meticulous construction of this 165 X 80 cm model took zimbabwe-based artist, zayd menk, 3 months of spare-time-googling and repetitive-calculating, sawing and gluing. in all, it took 263 hot glue sticks, 11 CPUs, an unprecedented number of wikipedia searches, 27 motherboards, 10 CRT monitor motherboards, 15 batteries, 2 clocks, 4 watches, 3 hard drives, 3 graphics cards, 4 audio cards, 7 power supplies, 13 floppy disk readers, a lot of maths, much patience, ‘a few other bits and pieces’ — and yes, before you ask, the empire state building does light up via 4 micro LEDs.

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[WATCH] Here's Exactly What Happens to Your Recycling After It's Collected in New York City

2017-11-30T13:30:00-05:00

Each day, the 11-acre Sims Municipal Recycling in Sunset Park processes over 450 tons of recycled materials through an amazing automated process involving air jets and conveyor belts. In this informative video from our friends at Now This, see the process behind recycling in New York City.

We followed the recycling process from the bins to the plant to understand where our recycling actually goes – here's what happens to your recycling.

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