Brooklyn SWAB
@BkSWAB
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NYC LL19 created Solid Waste Advisory Boards (SWAB) to promote community input on #waste mgmt. Join us to advance sustainability in materials mgmt! #ZeroWaste
Brooklyn, NY
Joined May 2017
Join BkSWAB at the 13th annual #RiverkeeperSweep on Saturday 5/4 9:30am - noon. We'll be cleaning up Erie Basin Park and Red Hook Farms in Brooklyn. Sign up via Eventbrite: https://t.co/9uzz7RoZ5y
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Join Brooklyn Solid Waste Advisory Board for a cleanup at Erie Basin Park for the Riverkeeper SWEEP on Saturday, May 4, 2024.
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Community composting is being restored—all because you stood up for it. Read my statement with @SaveNYCCompost here:
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Show love for Hudson River. Join us and @riverkeeper for a waterfront cleanup in Red Hook as part of the annual #RiverkeeperSweep! Registration via Eventbrite closes this Friday: https://t.co/9uzz7RpwV6
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The future of our city’s sustainability is at stake. Mayor Adams’ proposed funding cuts for community composting pose a serious threat to the crucial work carried out by community compost organizations. This jeopardizes over 100 jobs and the critical work our community compost
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Join BkSWAB today 12/4 at 6:30 pm for our monthly meeting to hear from Willis Elkins, Executive Director of @NewtownCreek about their work to revitalize Newtown Creek. Sign up to attend in person or on Zoom via calendar link below: https://t.co/HcygDaKuDg
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The Brooklyn Solid Waste Advisory Board (BkSWAB) is a volunteer citizens’ advisory board dedicated to helping our borough contribute to New York City's zero waste goals. Our monthly meetings are open...
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#saveourcompost rally at City Hall, to save community composting funding and the 115 green jobs that will be lost as a result of @NYCMayor budget cuts. @GrowNYC @lesecologyctr @BigReuse @earthmatterNY @CMSandyNurse @CMRestler @NYCSanitation @NYCzerowaste @SaveNYCCompost
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🚨SAVE COMMUNITY COMPOST!🚨 Mayor Adams announced budget cuts that will end community composting programs across the city, including GrowNYC’s and we need your support! Please sign our petition asking Mayor Adams to restore this funding and urge your New York City Council to
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@CMiflin @BigReuse @jacquelynottman @32BJTraining @SandyforCouncil Panelists will offer tips and resources for site set-up, signage and collection procedures, education and outreach to residents, and building waste mgmt systems.
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@CMiflin @BigReuse @jacquelynottman @32BJTraining @SandyforCouncil Panelists: Jacquelyn Ottman, Zero Waste Advocate, Past Chair MSWAB, Founder https://t.co/kW7LtXDHXj Michaela Boren, Mgr, Green Programs, Thomas Shortman Training 32BJ Sarah Woodruff, Project Mgr, Curbside Composting Outreach, Big Reuse Bylent Abazi, Bldg Super, 100+ unit bldg
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@CMiflin @BigReuse @jacquelynottman @32BJTraining Introduction by NYC Council Member and Sanitation Committee Chair @SandyforCouncil Moderator: Clare Miflin, Executive Director, Center for Zero Waste Design
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Join BkSWAB's virtual panel discussion with @CMiflin @BigReuse @jacquelynottman @32BJTraining to learn how to successfully set up Curbside Composting in your multi-unit building. Register here: https://t.co/6GmV36PYTL
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Join BkSWAB today at 6:30 pm to hear from Kate Sundberg of Big Reuse about the why and how for the Brooklyn Curbside Composting program. Sign up to attend via calendar link below: https://t.co/uue4bGqVta
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In person / Hybrid Manhattan SWAB monthly meeting With guest Ryan Torres - @bpca_ny Vice President https://t.co/HH4snFtAqV
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As fires continue to burn out of control, a senior Canadian official argued for weakening environmental targets because...we need oil for bike chains. https://t.co/LmAzzT2IKL
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The latest record temperatures are driving, again precisely as scientists have predicted, a cascading series of disasters around the world.
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On July 12 at 7pm ET, our friends at @PlasticsBeyond are hosting a virtual convo about #plastics and the future of our #planet with environmental leader and author, Bill McKibben and Pullitzer prize-winning journalist, Elizabeth Kolbert. @enckj RSVP:
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Join BkSWAB today at 6:30 pm to hear from Matt Malina, Founder and Executive Director of @nyc_h2o about their work to clean up NYC’s waterfronts. Sign up to attend via calendar link below: https://t.co/HvebVLj07h
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The Brooklyn Solid Waste Advisory Board (BkSWAB) is a volunteer citizens’ advisory board dedicated to helping our borough contribute to New York City's zero waste goals. Our monthly meetings are open...
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Today, as hazardous wildfire smoke covers the region, @CMShahanaHanif, @KeithPowersNYC and I passed the Zero Waste Act. This is a major environmental justice victory for NYC and beyond! As a longtime compost activist, I was proud to lead the charge on this package!
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JOIN US (6/20): We & @ClimateMuseum are hosting a conversation featuring leaders from across the country who are building & advancing #EnergyDemocracy in their communities. RSVP for Energy Democracy: A Conversation from the Frontlines 👉 https://t.co/FpihWjhres
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Join BkSWAB today, Mon 6/5 to hear from @RayaSalter, founder of the Energy Justice Law and Policy Center, and a member of the NYS Climate Action Council. #energyjustice Sign up to attend via calendar link below: https://t.co/HvebVLj07h
brooklynswab.org
The Brooklyn Solid Waste Advisory Board (BkSWAB) is a volunteer citizens’ advisory board dedicated to helping our borough contribute to New York City's zero waste goals. Our monthly meetings are open...
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