
Our Impact
Our Impact

Big Reuse Center
- 200,000 items
Sold in store. - 1MM lbs
Diverted from the landfill, including 28,000 articles of clothing, 25,000 books, 87,000 home goods, 4,400 records, 4,000 pieces of furniture. - 2,000 books
Donated to Sierra Leone.

NYC Compost Project
(July 2021 thru June 2022)
- Over 2.3 million pounds of organics
Taken in from 75 food scrap drop-off sites and parks. - 740 cubic yards of compost
Produced and distributed over to NYC greening projects. - 84 outreach events held, reaching 3,887 people
(e.g., tabling at community events and doing street tree care). - 647 volunteers
Worked to make and bag compost at our two sites. - 42 technical assistance visits
To help partner sites produce compost.

Curbside Composting Outreach
(July 2021 thru June 2022)
- 60,000 New Yorkers
Engaged with at community events. - 11,000 homes
Canvassed over as we build NYC's composting program. - 900 information tables and educational events
Helped coordinate. - 5,000 kitchen containers
Delivered over to residents in high-rise buildings. - 7,000 one-lb bags of compost
Given away.