Newly Acquired: New School Library Furnishings

Update from the donations department: Build it Green! NYC has recently acquired an entire library's worth of vintage filing cabinets, card catalogs, and a boatload of well-made plywood shelving. The building, Fogelman Library at 65 5th ave, is slated for demolition by the end of fall. All items were generously donated by the New School University.

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Environmental Advocates
New York's Environmental Watchdog!

If you are concerned about New York's environment, the Environmental Advocates of New York are an amazing resource. Sign up for Environmental Advocates' newsletter to keep up to date on what is going on in Albany - I read every one they send me.

Environmental Advocates website: http://www.eany.org/

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Architectural Salvage
Upcoming Deconstruction: West Village Townhouse

Build It Green!NYC is partnering with MADE - an innovative design/build architecture studio - to salvage resuable materials from a West Village townhouse. MADE brought in BIG!NYC because they strongly believe in combining intelligent and creative design with sustainable practice. Check MADE out at http://www.made-nyc.com.

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Block Party at Build it Green
Block Party a Hit!!!

Indeed it was. The sun was shining, many materials were exchanged, the turnout was great, the People festive and the free hot/not dogs were flying off the grill! A special thanks to Solar1 for the sound system, the groups that participated, and of course everyone that made the trek! Stay tuned for our next gathering...

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Check out our materials in action!

Build It Green is pleased to be the chief salvaged wood supplier for New York's hottest up and coming furniture design duo. Myriah Scruggs and Nadia Yaron of Nightwood (www.nightwoodny.com) use almost exclusively Build It Green materials to create their unique rustic modern furniture and accessories. And man, it looks good. Be sure to catch them at the Brooklyn Flea this Spring!

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Build It Arty! NYC - Donating to BIG!NYC supports the Arts

Build It Green!NYC has always supported the arts. We have been providing materials to Socrates Sculpture Park for the last 3 years. In recent months, we have supported an additional plethora of great projects around the city.

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Build It Green on CBS

Another bit of press from the last few weeks, this time NYC's own CBS channel 2. Check out the article along with the video, its called: Money Saver: Decorate Your Home...For Less!. Be sure to check out the video on the upper right hand side, it was reported by Kristian Cole!

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Conan's Baby Helmets Sold on Ebay
Thanks for the interest, we'll have more ebay auctions in the future. We have so much good stuff here to auction off that it'll pay to check the site! You may be able to get something for even cheaper than our already rock-bottom prices!
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Build It Green in the Daily News (again)
Check out the article here In other news, we will be auctioning off the baby helmets on ebay, stay tuned for a link in the coming days. For other Conan inventory information, just give a call or send us an email.
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Build It Green!NYC Deconstruction Rundown

It's been a busy 6 months for deconstruction manager Max Rubinstein and the rest of us here at Build It Green! headquarters in Astoria. In that time, we've removed & reused over 50 kitchen cabinet sets that would have otherwise ended up in the landfill. We've been expanding the program of late as well...

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March is Compact Florescent Recycling Month at Build It Green!

Thats right, thanks to a newly acquired "COM PAK" Compact Florescent (CFL) Drop-off box from the Green Action Project you can bring your depleted bulbs right down to the warehouse and we will recycle them FREE OF CHARGE. Clear your eco-conscience while you shop!

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Conan's Treasures

The folks at Late Night with Conan O'Brian couldn't take all of his weird stuff with him to LA for his new TV spot, so they donated a bunch of it to us. Some new items include:

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Build It Green's 1st Annual Post-Consumer Holiday Bash, a HUGE success!!!

The First Annual Build it Green! NYC Re-gifting bash was a smash.

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Build It Green! NYC now on YouTube!
Check out our two videos now posted on Youtube! You can watch the below, but please follow the links and leave us comments!
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Build it Green in Daily News!

Build it Green recently was in the Daily News. Joy Wiltermuth wrote an article about us in the October 21, 2008 edition. Click HERE to read it.

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Best of New York Magazine!

Build it Green! NYC was given a spot in New York Magazine's March "Best Of" issue. We're glad to be recognized for what we do, and thankful to all our customers and friends for their continued support. Below is a reprint of the article. See you at the warehouse!

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Plastic Bag Recycling and the City Council

In the world of recycling, city council passed a plastic bag recycling bill. The bill will require stores over 5000 sqft to offer plastic bag recycling containers and track the resulting recycling. The bill is a good first step increasing recycling for plastic bags.

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Need to recycle paint, batteries or motor oil?

All 5 boroughs of NYC now have special waste drop off sites that accept a lot of things that are hard to dispose of normally. Any paint that we do not or cannot accept can be disposed of at these locations.

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