We offer Community Recycling Events in all five boroughs to accept and properly recycle unwanted electronics and textiles. We also offer additional services at a select number of these events including reuse cafe collaborations where you can learn how to repair and reuse clothing, appliances and electronics as well as occasional paint collection and paper shredding. Check out the list below to explore what services we’re bringing to your neighborhood!
All events are 10am to 2pm, rain or shine, unless otherwise noted.
Events with additional services are annotated with an asterisk*
Upcoming events
November 7
Bushwick
Middle Village
November 8
Fresh Meadows
Harlem (From 12PM-4PM)
November 14
Greenpoint
Carnegie Hills
November 15
Lower East Side
November 21
Bayside
Jamaica *paper shredding
December 5
Park Slope*paint collection
December 6
Cunningham Park
January 9
Gerritsen Beach
January 10
Union Square *paint collection
January 16
St.Albans
Upper West Side
January 23
Astoria
February 6
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.
