Lower East Side

Community Recycling Events

February 5, 2025

In 2026, we are offering Community Recycling Events in all five boroughs to accept unwanted electronics and textiles. Additionally, we will offer a select number of reuse cafe collaborations where you can learn how to fix items such as clothes, appliances, and electronics, as well as paint collection opportunities.

All events are 10am to 2pm, rain or shine, unless otherwise noted.

Upcoming events

March 8
Kew Gardens

March 14
Astoria

March 15
Borough Park
East Flatbush

March 21
Flatlands
Middle Village

March 28
Throggs Neck

April 3
Meatpacking District

April 4
Financial District
University Heights

April 12
Flushing

April 15
NoMad

April 18
Jamaica
Maspeth

April 19
Lower East Side

April 21
Hudson Square

April 25
Howard Beach
East Elmhurst

April 26
Upper West Side
Flatbush

May 2
Brownsville
Jamaica

May 3
Woodhaven
Prospect Park

May 9
Bay Ridge

May 16
Little Neck

May 17
Cobble Hill

June 7
Fresh Meadows

 

Past events

January 10
Glen Oaks
Arverne

January 11
Union Square

January 17
Upper West Side

January 24
St. Albans

February 28
Crown Heights

The following working and non-working consumer electronic equipment will be accepted:

  • Computers (laptops & desktops, servers, mainframes)
  • Monitors (CRT and flatscreen)
  • Handheld devices (smartphones, tablets, MP3 players, e-readers, etc.)
  • Network devices (routers, hubs, modems, etc.)
  • Peripherals (keyboards, mice, cables, cords, chargers, etc.)
  • Components (hard drives, CD-ROMs, circuit boards, power supplies, etc.)
  • Printers, scanners, fax machines
  • TVs, VCRs, DVRs, DVD & Blu-ray Players
  • Digital converter boxes, cable/satellite receivers
  • Video game consoles and accessories
  • Cell phones, pagers, PDAs
  • Audio-visual equipment (cameras, microphones, stereo equipment, etc.)

The following textiles will be accepted at most events unless otherwise indicated:

  • Clothing
  • Accessories (shoes, hats, bags, gloves)
  • Household textiles (towels, curtains, bedding)
  • Clean rags
  • Ripped and damaged material

NOTE: We no longer accept batteries (except lead-acid batteries from uninterrupted power supplies systems). Rechargeable batteries can be dropped off for recycling at any store that sells them. Media, such as disks, DVDs, VHS, cassette tapes, etc. need to be be recycled by greendisk.com.

 

We would like to thank the New York City Department of Sanitation and the New York City Council for making these programs possible.