GrowNYC has a new interactive website that shows New Yorkers what things we've been throwing out that we can (and should) be recycling instead!  At the top of that list is PAPER!  Over 775.220 TONS of recycleable paper is thrown into the trash each year.

Jae Watkins does outreach and education about recycling and the environment in Community District 2 for GrowNYC. Ms. Watkins has volunteered to answer your recycling queries on the blog, as their resident expert on all things green.

For New Yorkers who like to recycle, there's some pretty good news in our future.  It looks like they are trying to pass a law that will expand recycling of plastics in New York.  This means that we can finally recycle items like yogurt containers, plastic fast food containers, laundry detergent containers and more!  It

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I was reading an article about the Grant Houses in Harlem taking action to begin a recycling program in their buildings. I think it's so great that the people who lived there were able to recognize a need for these programs, defend their rights to have one, and begin largescale education programs to get people to understand how to recycle once they were given proper recycling bins.

I have been getting e-mails from the Lazy Environmentalist, Josh Dorfman, giving me ideas on ways to "go green" without having to do too much.

From Frying Pans to Food Waste: Learn to Recycle and Compost in NYC

When: Monday, September 14, 6pm-7:30pm
Where:The Countee Cullen branch of the New York Public Library, 104 West 136th Street near Lenox.

Residents of Harlem and Washington Heights can now recycle their used CFL lightbulbs (the energy efficient ones!)