Tote It Don’t Throw It!
The QSWAB is excited to share the impact of our Citizen’s Committee of NYC Tote-It-Don’t-Throw-It Repair and Reuse grant, supported by the Manhattan SWAB and Office of Manhattan Borough President Gale...
View ArticleSupporting Sustainable Green Businesses
This page will be added to as we learn of green, sustainable, and zero-waste businesses in Queens and across the City that we want to encourage residents, commercial entities, and the public sector to...
View ArticleReport from Our First ZOOM Meeting!
The QSWAB held its first ZOOM meeting on 3/25/20 in response to the shelter-in-place directive related to COVID-19. To vote on what topics we should focus on in future meetings, take our first – and...
View ArticleQueens SWAB Statement in Support of Community Organics and Recycling...
STATEMENT BY QUEENS SOLID WASTE ADVISORY BOARDIN SUPPORT OF PROPOSED COMMUNITY ORGANICS AND RECYCLING EMPOWERMENT (CORE) ACTMay 13, 2020 My name is Wylie Goodman and I am the Chair of the Queens Solid...
View ArticleOur Recent Testimony in Support of Int. 1942 and Int. 1943 – CORE Act
TESTIMONY OF THE QUEENS SOLID WASTE ADVISORY BOARD ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Hearing on Intros. 1942 and 1943, the CORE Act, to be held on June 15, 2020, 1 p.m. Good afternoon Chairman Reynoso and members...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Resource Guide
In an effort to use our platform to expand our impact and ensure that we are helping Queens residents by providing access to resources, we are sharing a PDF containing links of resources related to...
View ArticleBeyond Plastics: A Talk with Judith Enck
If you weren’t able to attend the 1/19 Zoom talk with Judith Enck of Beyond Plastics, you’ll be pleased to learn that it has now been posted online at this YouTube link. Judith Enck has a long and...
View ArticleWatch QSWAB Meetings
The QSWAB Organizing Committee is excited to announce that, starting today, we will begin sharing on our website and on a just-launched YouTube channel recorded Zoom meetings that took place in 2020...
View ArticleLeading a Clean-Up? Let Us Know
The QSWAB would like to promote and track clean-up, beautification, and related resource recovery events in the borough to document impact. Got an event you’d like to share? Reach out using the...
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