Learn to Reduce + Save for your Business at the NYC Food Waste Fair

Reducing food waste presents opportunities for businesses to cut down costs

The NYC Food Waste Fair at Brooklyn Navy Yard is an annual interactive experience designed to connect food industry professionals with information and resources from the City to cut down and reach zero waste.

On May 23rd, with workshops from food sustainability experts, businesses can learn how to fully utilize “Reducing, Reusing, and Recycling” to save money by eliminating excess waste.

Coinciding with the Fair is the Zero Waste Food Challenge, where you can watch Michelin Star chefs like Michael Anthony from Gramercy Tavern and local leading chefs Naama Tamir from Lighthouse compete to make the best Zero Waste dish.

Buy tickets to the Food Waste Fair (10am – 6pm) + Zero Food Challenge (6pm – 9pm). Early Bird tickets are available at a discounted rate until May 10th.

Learn easy ways to reduce waste at your business + save money right now.

The fair also provides workshop series like a Q & A with the director of Wasted!, May 16th.

Blue Angel Wine Collects Corks for Recycle

Where to recycle your misc objects on Grand Street

Gabe manages Blue Angel and runs their recycling program

Blue Angel Wines has made a hobby of collecting corks from the bottles they sell. The corks are not to keep of course; they’re all going to recycle. Whether you bought the bottle from Blue Angel or not, bring your leftover corks to 638 Grand Street and they’ll take care of the rest.

There’s a place for all of your other miscellaneous objects to recycle on Grand Street as well. With the chart below, you can find a Grand Street business that will take your leftover clothing, plastic bags, electronics + more.

When you’re doing your spring cleaning, remember it’s Earth month and that there are businesses are here to help keep our city eco-friendly.