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What better way to celebrate Earth Day than by visiting your local Greenmarket to recycle food scraps and textiles? GrowNYC is happy to help, with new sites for dropping off unwanted clothing, linens, and fruit & veggie scraps opening this weekend and throughout the Spring.
Thanks to the support of community partners the Western Queens Compost Initiative, Lower East Side Ecology Center and Wearable Collections, this collective effort takes aim at nearly one-quarter of NYC’s residential waste stream and has diverted 1.8 million pounds from disposal so far.
Here’s a handy chart to help you locate collection sites near you. Please note the hours for each collection differ from each other as well as market hours, due to routing and scheduling requirements of our community partners.
Learn more about textile recycling and what to bring and find out what’s accepted for composting.
| BOROUGH | GREENMARKET | ACCEPTING TEXTILES? | ACCEPTING FOOD SCRAPS? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn | Bay Ridge Greenmarket 3rd Ave & 95th St |
NO | YES – Saturdays, 8am-1:30pm May 12 – Nov 17, 2012 |
| Brooklyn | Brooklyn Borough Hall Greenmarket Court & Montague |
YES – Saturdays, 8am-4:30pm starts April 21, 2012 | YES – Saturdays, 8am-4pm |
| Brooklyn | Carroll Gardens Greenmarket Carroll St b/t Smith & Court |
YES – Sundays, 8am-2:30pm starts April 22, 2012 | YES – Sundays, 8am-1pm starts April 22, 2012 |
| Brooklyn | Cortelyou Greenmarket b/t Argyle & Rugby Rds |
YES – Sundays, 8am-3pm starts April 22, 2012 | YES – Sundays, 8am-2pm starts April 22, 2012 |
| Brooklyn | Ft. Greene Greenmarket Washington Park at DeKalb |
YES – Saturdays, 8am-3pm | YES – Saturdays, 8am-3pm |
| Brooklyn | Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket NW corner of Prospect Park |
YES – Saturdays, 8am-4pm | YES – Saturdays, 8am-3:30pm |
| Brooklyn | McCarren Park Greenmarket Union Ave b/t Driggs & N 12th St |
YES – Saturdays, 8am-2pm | YES – Saturdays, 8am-2pm |
| Brooklyn | Sunset Park Greenmarket 4th Ave b/t 59th & 60th Sts |
NO | YES – Saturdays, 8am-1pm June 23 – Nov 17, 2012 |
| Brooklyn | Windsor Terrace Greenmarket PS 154, 11th Ave b/t Sherman & Windsor Pl |
NO | YES – Sundays, 8am-1:30pm July 8 – Nov 18, 2012 |
| Manhattan | 57th St Greenmarket 57th St & 9th Ave |
YES – Saturdays, 8am-12:30pm April 21 – Dec 22, 2012 | YES – Saturdays, 8am-1pm April 21 – Dec 22, 2012 |
| Manhattan | 79th St Greenmarket 79th & Columbus |
NO | YES – Sundays, 9am-1:30pm starts May 20, 2012 |
| Manhattan | 82nd St Greenmarket 82nd St b/t 1st & York |
YES – Saturdays, 9am-2pm starts April 21, 2012 | YES – Saturdays, 9am-2pm starts April 21, 2012 |
| Manhattan | 92nd Street Greenmarket 92nd St & 1st Ave |
NO | YES – Sundays, 9am-1pm Jun 17 – Dec 23, 2012 |
| Manhattan | 97th St Greenmarket W 97th & Columbus |
YES – Fridays, 8am-2pm | NO |
| Manhattan | Abingdon Square Greenmarket W12th St & 8th Ave |
YES – Saturdays, 8am-1pm starts April 21, 2012 | YES – Saturdays, 8am-1pm |
| Manhattan | Columbia University Greenmarket Broadway b/t 114th & 115th Sts |
YES – Sundays, 8am-3pm starts April 22, 2012 | YES – Sundays, 8am-1pm starts April 22, 2012 |
| Manhattan | Dag Hammarskjold Plaza Greenmarket E 47th St & 2nd Ave |
YES – Wednesdays, 8am-3pm starts April 25, 2012 | NO |
| Manhattan | Inwood Greenmarket Isham b/t Seaman & Cooper |
YES – Saturdays, 8am-3pm | YES – Saturdays, 8am-12pm |
| Manhattan | Tompkins Square Greenmarket E 7th St & Ave A |
YES – Sundays, 8am-4pm | YES – Sundays, 8am-1pm starts April 22, 2012 |
| Manhattan | Tribeca Greenmarket Greenwich St at Chambers |
YES – Saturdays, 8am-1:30pm starts April 21, 2012 | YES – Saturdays, 8am-2pm |
| Manhattan | Tucker Square Greenmarket 66th St & Columbus Ave |
NO | YES – Saturdays, 8am-1:30pm starts April 21, 2012 |
| Manhattan | Union Square Greenmarket NE Section of Union Square Park |
YES – Saturdays and Mondays, 8am-4pm | YES – Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat, 8am-5pm |
| Queens | Jackson Heights Greenmarket 34th Ave b/t 77 & 78 Sts |
YES – Sundays, 8am-2pm | YES – Sundays, 9am-12pm |
| Queens | Socrates Sculpture Park Greenmarket Vernon and Broadway |
NO | YES – Saturdays, 9am-12pm June 23 – Nov 17, 2012 |
| Queens | Sunnyside Greenmarket Skillman Ave b/t 42 & 43 St |
NO | YES – Saturdays, 9am-12pm June 2 – Nov 17, 2012 |
| Staten Island | St. George Greenmarket St. Marks & Hyatt Sts |
NO | YES – Saturdays, 8am-1:30pm May 12 – Nov 17, 2012 |
| Staten Island | Staten Island Mall Greenmarket Richmond Ave entrance (Parking Lot) |
NO | YES – Saturdays, 9am-1pm June 23 – Dec 22, 2012 |