Reclaim your world
Start hereUsed is just the beginning
Give quality building materials and furniture a second life.
Help us divert construction and demolition materials from landfills.
Lend a hand at our Reuse Centers or our Compost Processing Site.
Donate your used stuff
Donating to Big Reuse provides others with affordable second-life applications of quality building materials. Your donations help support local environmental initiatives, and reduce our city's dependence on raw material consumption and landfills.
As a bonus, Big Reuse is a 501c3 charity, so all donations are tax deductible!
Discover the beauty of salvage
Improving our city's soil with compost
The NYC Compost Project hosted by Big Reuse is part of a community-scale composting network that works to rebuild our soils by providing New Yorkers with the knowledge, skills, and opportunities they need to produce and use compost locally.
Find a food scrap drop-off
Request finished compost
Lend some muscle
We have extensive volunteer opportunities at our Reuse Centers, compost drop-off sites, and our compost processing site.
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Founded in 2005 as Build it Green!NYC, we became Big Reuse in the summer of 2015. Our name has changed, but our mission remains the same: to divert materials from landfills, minimize carbon emissions, and provide our community with quality, low cost building materials and home furnishings.
Meet the Big Reuse team!
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