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Our Annual Impact

Big Reuse Center

306,025 items sold in store.

  • 158,742 home goods
  • 77,154 items of clothing
  • 54,000 books
  • 10,859 pieces of furniture
  • 5,270 building materials

Our Gowanus, Brooklyn Reuse Center at 1 12th St accepts as many types of donated items as possible, leading to annual diversion rates of over 1.5 million pounds! In 2026, we’ll have additional impact in Bushwick with our new Reuse Center at 378 Troutman St.

NYC Community Composting

  • 157,270 LBS FOOD SCRAPS COLLECTED & PROCESSED LOCALLY
  • 40 INCREASED-CAPACITY RATPROOF COMPOST SYSTEMS INSTALLED AT GARDENS/URBAN FARMS
  • 5,608 LBS BROWNS DISTRIBUTED
  • 4,875 LBS COMPOST DISTRIBUTED
  • 55 VOLUNTEER EVENTS
  • 121 COMPOSTING WORKSHOPS & TABLING EVENTS
  • 24,901 COMMUNITY INTERACTIONS
  • 2 MASTER COMPOSTER COHORTS

NYC Street Tree Care

  • 1,927 Trees Cared For
  • 2,013 Volunteers (Including 690 Youth Participants)
  • 37 Tree Guards Installed With Youth
  • 100+ Community Partners
  • 119 Street Tree Care Events

Curbside Composting Outreach

  • 185 Outreach Events Across NYC
  • 8,440 Community Interactions
  • 5,754 Kitchen Containers & 271 Leaf Bags Distributed
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Our new Big Reuse Center in Bushwick is open!

Visit our Reuse Center thrift store on 378 Troutman St, open for shopping and donations between 11 AM-7 PM daily. Subscribe to our newsletter for regular updates.

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