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Renovating Your Kitchen?
Don't Dump Those Cabinets! Donate Them!
It's easy! Before you start renovating, contact BIG!NYC and see if our Deconstruction Team can help you carefully disassemble your old kitchen cabinets and appliances. Just email photos of the cabinets, plumbing fixtures and/or appliances that you'd like to get rid of to decon@bignyc.org.
We'll set up a site visit and then schedule the decon. BIG!NYC's fully insured decon team will carefully remove the items, take them to our reuse centers, and give you a tax receipt for your donation. And then you are free to continue with your remodeling project, without worrying about disposing of your old cabinets, appliances, fixtures, etc!
Learn more about how Deconstruction can work for you from This Old House, featuring our friends at Eco Building Bargains in Mass.
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 100 Free Tree Giveaway in Astoria, Queens*
Sunday, October 14th 11am-1pm Build It Green!NYC 3-17 26th Ave. Astoria NY 11102 *Bags of compost available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Sunday, October 21st 11am-1pm GCC's Salt Lot 2 Second Ave. at Gowanus NY 11215
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The Royal Couch
$275 in Astoria ALU: 23883
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Wicker Love Seat  $95 in Gowanus
ALU: 23901
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Lumber Cuts - New Price 
Joists are now $4 per cut,
Standard cuts are still $2 each.
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BIG!NYC made a donation of bowling alley lane lumber to Urban Word via BIG!Gives Back. They will be featured on Monday's episode of Rachel Ray, airing at 10am on NBC.
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McQuay PTAC Units
$5,000 for 12 units in Astoria
ALU: 23839
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IKEA Silver Table Top(s)
 $65 each in Astoria
ALU: 23849 (22 available)
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FREE Richards Light Table
$0 in Astoria
ALU: 23571
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Bamboo Stalk(s) 
$0.50-$1 per foot in Astoria
ALU: 23899
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Stonecraft Ind. Stone Pcs.
$5 per box in Astoria ALU: 23898
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Green Roof Drain Plates
$20 per sheet in Astoria
ALU: 23900 (70 pcs)
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Garcy Stud(s)
 $0.50 each in Gowanus
ALU: 23836
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Birdseye Maple Coffee Table $45 in Gowanus
ALU: 23873
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Beige Leather Chair(s)
$35 each in Gowanus
ALU: 23892 (4 available)
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Hanging Chair
$150 in Gowanus
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Wired Glass
$10 each in Gowanus
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Come On and Get Your Hands Dirty with BIG!NYC's Compost Project!
Sunday, October 14th, 10 am to 4 pm @ Queens Plaza South and 10th Street
Ever wonder what happens to the food scraps collected at Greenmarkets? Join BIG!NYC to see what we do with 8,000 lbs. of food scraps, collected from four Brooklyn Greenmarkets. We will mix the scraps with browns, such as wood chips and dead leaves, and will then build a long pile called a windrow. To RSVP to this family friendly activity, email louise@bignyc.org . Help our Compost Team collect food scraps at the MillionTreesNYC Fall Planting on Saturday, October 27th
Join us to collect food scraps at MillionTreesNYC's Fall Planting. Event scraps will be composted by Build It Green!NYC, an organization that accepts and processes food scraps as part of the NYC Compost Project Local Organics Recovery Program of the NYC Department of Sanitation. All food scraps are composted in Queens and the finished compost is used for local greening projects and street tree care! See bit.ly/nycLORP for more info. Street Tree Care, Monday, November 5th, 4-6 pm @ 21-45 31Street
Join us to care for our street trees with locally produced compost. We'll be joined by MillionTreesNYC's TreeLC Truck. To sign up for this event, please email compost@bignyc.org. |
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Recycle CFLs!Click here to learn more about where to drop-off batteries, motor oil, old car tires, and more.
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Environmental Events in NYC
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Saturday, October 13, 12-4pm.Recycle-A-Bicycle Greening Western Queens is collaborating with Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer's office to host a FREE Kids Bike Swap. Flag Circle inside Ravenswood Houses.Sunday, October 14, 10am-4pm.
Sunday, October 14, 11am-1pm. WQCI presents NYRP Fall 2012 Tree Giveaway at Build It Green!NYC in Astoria. 3-17 26th Ave., Astoria. Register for your free tree two weeks before the giveaway! Sunday, October 14, 11:30am-12:30pm. Allergic To Salad's Kids Healthy Cooking Class. Earthworm Farm, Riverhead, Long Island. Free! Wednesday, October 17, 6:30-9pm. Gowanus Canal Conservancy Urban Ecology Lectures: “Going Native at the Gowanus Canal and beyond" with Heather Liljengren, Supervising Seed Collector and Chief Field Taxonomist, Greenbelt Native Plant Center, NYC Department of Parks & Recreation. BIG!NYC-Gowanus, 69 9th St., Gowanus. $5 donation. Thursday, October 18-Sunday, October 21. Saturday, October 20, 10am-4pm.Red Hook Harvest Festival. Added Value, 370 Van Brunt Street, Brooklyn. Free!Sunday, October 21, 11am-1pm.Build It Green!NYC & Gowanus Canal Conservancy presents NYRP Fall 2012 Tree Giveaway at the Salt Lot. 2 Second Ave., Gowanus, Brooklyn. Register for your free tree two weeks before the giveaway!Tuesday, October 23, 6-10pm. Masked Marvelous Cocktail Party, to benefit Materials for the Arts. 33-00 Northern Boulevard, 3rd Floor, Long Island City. Tickets are $50 per person.
Friday, October 26, 5pm-2am.
Halloween Party at Tammany Hall Tavern, benefiting BIG!NYC. Tammany Hall Tavern, 218 East 53rd St., NYC. Tickets are $5-20 each.
Friday, November 2, 5-8pm.
Thursday, November 15, 7pm.
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BIG!NYC-Astoria
Mon-Fri 10-6
Sat-Sun 10-5
718-777-0132 x2
astoria@bignyc.org
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BIG!NYC-Gowanus
Mon-Fri 10-6
Sat-Sun 10-5
718-725-8925 x2
gowanus@bignyc.org
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