Manhattan Solid Waste Advisory Board

04/22/2026

It's Easy Being Green UWS and the Manhattan Solid Waste Advisory Board are hosting a free screening and discussion of The Plastic Detox on Wednesday, April 22 @ 5:45 PM at Goddard Riverside (593 Columbus Ave). Make sure to RSVP ahead of time by emailing [email protected]!

04/13/2026

Join us and for the Festival in NYC’s Union Square on 4/19! Connect with us and dozens of enviro and climate orgs to green your life and call for climate action. RSVP at link https://www.eventbrite.com/e/earth-day-2026-festival-tickets-1980669773611

03/10/2026

01/02/2026

PRRIA (Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (A1749/S1464) can improve everyone’s quality of life, even your pups 🐶!

Encourage your legislators to protect our pups from plastics and bring the PRRIA bill up for a vote ASAP!

Did you know plastics are bad for dogs? Sign the Action Network Letter https://actionnetwork.org/letters/assembly-speaker-heastie-pups-for-prria?source=direct_link&

Beyond Plastics 350 NYC Mothers Out Front Food & Water Watch - New York Westchester Alliance for Sustainable Solutions- WASS

12/26/2025

12/14/2025

Our first ZERO WASTE Holiday party was a smashing success!

We welcomed special guest Mariel Dela Cruz from MBPO office and our long time supporter who graced us with her presence.

Suggestions for planning a less waste event:

1. We did not order more food than was needed preventing excess food waste
- we provided take out containers for folks to bring food home.

2. Provide bamboo utensils, plates and cups
- In total we diverted 3lbs of food waste from landfill and one of our members took it home to compost at her building

2. Serving utensils: we informed our caterer that we did not need the plastic serving utensils
- all of our serving utensils were metal - no plastic
- Aluminum food trays were rinsed and folded down for recycling

3. All the decor was recyclable including the paper table protector.
- Charlie Brown table toppers and pinecones are all compostable

4. We offered water and lemonade in beverage containers rather than single serve.
- all wine and beer containers were recycled along with the bottle caps and cork.

5. Zero waste raffle
- members donated items that they no longer needed

11/10/2025

2025 NYCHA waste dive at Smith Houses, Wagner Houses and Grant Houses

10/15/2024

Got big stuff like a mattress, sofa or rug that you want to trash?

Make sure it's set out correctly, on your TRASH-ONLY collection day - not your trash & recycling pickup day.

Need more info? Go to nyc.gov/bulk

10/10/2024

Thank you Adrian K. for enlightening us about the Trash Project. Their next clean up at St. Nick Park is November 9th Join the fun! http://trashproject.biz

AND

Judith H. Weiss for presenting at our October meeting.

Check out Judith’s book:

Beyond Plastics: The Hidden Dangers of Marine Pollution

Listen to podcast:
https://www.everand.com/podcast/771997720/Beyond-Plastics-The-Hidden-Dangers-of-Marine-Pollution-In-this-episode-of-the-How-to-Protect-the-Ocean-podcast-host-Andrew-Lewin-welcomes-back-Dr

10/08/2024

Please join Manhattan SWAB October 9th| 6-8pm
In person: Open Space Institute | 1370 Broadway, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10018

Zoom:
https://lnkd.in/emnWyhP4

Meeting ID: 818 7769 5364
Passcode: 272520

Judith Weis -
Dr. Judith S. Weis is a Professor Emerita of Biological Sciences at Rutgers University, Newark. Her research focuses mostly on estuarine ecology and ecotoxicology, and she has published over 300 refereed scientific papers, a technical book on marine pollution, co-edited books on “Biological Invasions and Animal Behaviour,” and “Polluting Textiles,” as well books for the general public on salt marshes (Salt Marshes: a Natural and Unnatural History), fish (Do Fish Sleep?), crabs (Walking Sideways: The Remarkable World of Crabs), and marine pollution (Marine Pollution: What Everyone Needs to Know). Much of her research has been in estuaries in the NY/NJ area, but she has also done research in Indonesia and Madagascar. She serves on the editorial board for
BioScience.

Adrian Kondratowicz Founder of, Trash Project (https://trashproject.biz/) started as an interactive idea to promote urban beautification and environmental awareness by organizing an art practice around the common task of trash disposal. It was first presented in 2008 as a series of alternative media interventions titled TRASH Maximalism, a transformation of standard trash piles into self-generating sculptures of vivid color.

09/25/2024

09/11/2024

Please join us for our September meeting today 9.11 | 6-8pm with Council Member Crystal Hudson - Discussion on Intro 0256-2024 -

Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83206386341?pwd=qscZgnTgqJdTVbng3HXK4sQYcVORBI.1
In Person Open Space Institute - 1370 Broadway, 5th floor

Council Member Crystal Hudson regarding Intro 0256-2024. Council Member Hudson is the CM for New York City’s District 35 in Brooklyn, representing the neighborhoods of Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, Clinton Hill, and Fort Greene. A third-generation Brooklynite, she was first elected in 2021 and made history as one of the first out gay Black women ever elected in New York City. Crystal is a public servant committed to making government more accessible for more people. As a first-term Council Member, she passed more bills than any other first-term member in Brooklyn and was second among all new members. She has authored the Black Agenda for New York City and co-authored the Marsha & Sylvia Plan, a first-of-its-kind policy agenda to support LGBTQIA+ New Yorkers. Crystal is chair of the Committee on Aging and also serves as co-chair of the Council’s Black, Latino, and Asian Caucus.

About Intro 0256. This bill would require the commissioner of sanitation to study and report on the feasibility and environmental effects of a mandate for households to separate, and the department of sanitation to collect, textile waste. The study would consider, among other things, the costs, potential benefits, and potential negative effects of such a mandate.