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bigreuse.bsky.social
Big Reuse
@bigreuse.bsky.social
🌱 Environmental Nonprofit & Mega Reuse Center / Thrift Store
♻️ Compost • Outreach • Street Tree Care • Green Jobs
⏰ Open Every Day 10am-6pm (1 12th St. Brooklyn)
Find us at bigreuse.org and instagram.com/bigreuse
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Our 2025 map of community work shows every tree care event, volunteer compost site, food scrap drop-off site, bin installation, curbside compost outreach event, and tree guard installation across the city! Help Big Reuse make a big local impact in the new year—donate today at bigreuse.org/donate.
December 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
This Giving Tuesday, you can give TWICE as Big for New York City! Thanks to the generosity of our Board of Trustees, all contributions made from today until December 8 will be matched up to $5,000. Donate today at bigreuse.org/donate.
December 2, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Give BIG for NYC by supporting our End-of-Year Fundraising Campaign! Support Big Reuse to continue to bring composting, tree care, reuse, education, outreach, and community to our amazing city. Donate today at bigreuse.org/donate.
November 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
“For far too long, Astoria has been labeled Asthma Alley and held the distinction of having the worst air quality in all of Queens. ...this partnership offers us a glimpse of a future built around renewable energy generation,” said Mamdani. Looking forward this next chapter for our city! 🌳 🍎
November 5, 2025 at 8:59 PM
✨ Congratulations to NYC's Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani on a historic win! As Assembly Member for District 36, Mamdani supported our 2024 partnership with Rise Light & Power to plant street trees and transform the tree pits in Queens, helping offset pollution from power plants & improving air quality.
November 5, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Visit our table in front of our new location at the last weekend of Troutman Open Streets this Sunday, October 26! Staff will be collecting used clothing, selling secondhand Halloween costumes, and providing curbside composting resources.
October 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
📣 We're excited to announce Big Reuse will be opening a new Reuse Center (thrift store) in Bushwick, near the Jefferson L train station! We still have a bunch of work to do but aim to be open by December. Stay tuned!
October 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Learn more about composting and how to participate in the Department of Sanitation’s mandatory curbside composting program.

Receive a free 1-gallon kitchen container and bin decal while supplies last from Big Reuse!

We can’t wait to meet you and talk curbside composting with you.
April 1, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Join the Save our Compost Press Rally on Tuesday 3/25 at 10:30am on NY City Hall steps. This will coincide with DSNY’s testimony and lead up to public testimony, which begins at 11 am.

Thank you for your support, we hope to see you there!
March 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
In collaboration with @nybg.bsky.social Bronx Green Up, we now have six food scrap drop offs in the Bronx open* for collection! #communitycompost

*Karol's Community Farm is opening on 2/21
February 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM