NYCHA Recycling

RECENT NYCHA EVENTS

NYCHA Recycling Committee Co-Chair, Diana Blackwell, gives the Keynote Address for the NYCHA Recycling Summer Forum

Founders of Inner City Green Team and Compost Power lead the discussion on Local Leadership: Residential Recycling and Sustainability Initiatives at NYCHA

Residents of East Harlem’s Wagner Houses participate in Inner City Green Team’s Reuse-a-thon

The Celebrate Our Earth event featured specialized recycling bins for sneakers and other items

Manhattan and Brooklyn SWAB members talk with NYCHA residents about the NYCHA Recycling Committee

Inner City Green Team hosted an all-day clothing swap and recycling festival for Earth Day

Compost Power and Green City Force post flyers to instruct residents on dropping off their food scraps

Green City Force members tend to fresh produce in the urban garden at Wagner House

2023 NERC Environmental Leadership Award

NYCHA Recycling Committee sends Brigitte Vicenty, Founder of Inner City Green Team, and colleague to 2023 NERC Conference to receive their Environmental Leadership Award

New York City’s public housing authority, known as NYCHA, houses over 500,000 New Yorkers in over 300 campuses across the five boroughs. Residents and caretakers alike have had issues with maintaining proper waste management on NYCHA campuses. Recycling was not available to NYCHA residents until 2015, and the uptake of the program has been slow.

Over the past few years, NYCHA has sought to address recycling and waste management concerns through improvements to infrastructure, staffing policies and residential engagement. After securing $563 million for waste infrastructure upgrades in NYCHA’s City Capital Action Plan, NYCHA has made concrete plans to redesign waste yards and upgrade waste machinery. The Sustainability Agenda defines NYCHA’s waste diversion targets, which focus on bringing recycling centers and compost collection services to all NYCHA campuses.

OUR VISION: Connect Leaders. Implement Solutions. Measure Outcomes.

Manhattan SWAB NYCHA Recycling Committee seeks to support the improvement of existing NYCHA recycling and expand NYCHA resident access to recycling across the City of New York. We pursue this goal by forging sustainable collaborations with NYCHA officials, environmental justice organizations and residential leaders. Our efforts center residential involvement and program development across all NYCHA campuses.

JOIN THE NYCHA RECYCLING COMMITTEE

Manhattan SWAB NYCHA Recycling Committee consists of residential leaders, zero waste professionals and community advocates. The committee meets monthly on the first Thursday from 5:30-6:30 pm ET. To join or learn more about how you can help support NYCHA’s growing recycling programs, email the committee.