This week Big Reuse received an amazing new all electric truck - the Mitsubishi Fuso eCanter. This zero-emission work truck was funded through the Office of the New York State Attorney General's Urban Clean Air Truck Demonstration Project. With a daily range of 60 miles on one charge, … [Read more...]
Grand Reopening Party! This Saturday Feb 2 4pm-8pm!
WE ARE OPEN!! 7 Days a week at our new location!!One 12th Street, Brooklyn 11215 - in the old Pathmark. Come celebrate the opening of our new location - we moved two blocks from our old location but it required a herculean effort by our team over 50 truckloads! We had to move to get a 10 … [Read more...]
Learn How to Get Rid of Your Holiday Leftovers and More Info on The Organics Collection Program!
It’s the most Wonderful time of the year. The smell of someone always baking, the pretty lights, presents and who can forget all of the parties. Did you know you can compost all that party food waste? The city provides brown recycling bins to do so. You can put all of your food waste in there, … [Read more...]
Thermophilia: Why Our Piles Are Hot!
At the NYC Compost Project Hosted by Big Reuse, we use thermophilic composting—more colloquially known as hot composting—to break down all of the food scraps, leaves, and wood chips that we process. Thermophilic piles naturally heat to temperatures above 104°F and maintain these temperatures for … [Read more...]
Composting as Conservation
Wednesday, August 1 is Earth Overshoot Day, a day promoted by the Global Footprint Network to bring awareness to how quickly humans use the Earth's available resources. But what does Earth Overshoot Day mean? It means that, starting from January 1st of this year, we have used up all of the total … [Read more...]
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