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Return Recycling

Return Recycling is an innovative waste management project started at NYU to transform the collective culture and mindset around waste in our community.

What a crowd!! Thanks for having us, @postlandfill - #SZW17 was incredible.

Come find us at #SZW17 tomorrow! We’ll be in Ritter Hall, Room 113 @5:00! #trash #zerowaste #wastecharacterization #🗑⁉️

Stoked to see all these new #trashideas here at @talktrashcity! #blessed

Thanks so much to @simsmuni for hosting our team yesterday! #recycling #zerowaste #welovetrash

Had a great time sorting with the @nyucas zero waste team on Friday! Can't wait to see what this group can do for #NYU. #zerowaste #recycling #compost #wasteaudit

Thanks for the interview @egarbz, we ❤️ #trashtalk!! 🎥♻️ #recycling #earthmonth #zerowaste

Hi!! 👋🏽🌍 We're at the #NYU Earth Day Street Fair - Come by! @nyu_green #earthday #zerowaste #recycling

Anyone else want to pull their hair out about contaminated paper napkins? 🤦&zwj;♀️🗑🌱 #notrecycleable #compostable #contamination #wasteaudit #sorting #earthmonth

Hey, we're radio famous again! Check us out on WNYU's What On Earth: bit.ly/RRwhatonearth

Happy Earth Month everybody!! 🌏 To celebrate, Return Recycling is launching the beta version of our waste characterization app **The Collective** during Earth Week - no joke!! Interested in using the app to run your own waste audits? Let us know! DM

Had a ball at #NYU's Sustainability Summit this weekend! Many thanks to our roomful of #garbagegeeks who attended our workshop! #sustainabilitysummit #zerowaste

Many thanks to Louise's #FoodWaste class for following us into the depths of the basement to dig through #trash! We always love meeting new #garbagegeeks and learning more about waste. #wasteaudit #zerowaste #organics

Introducing: Special Group Sorting Parties! RR is now hosting special sorting events for organizations in NYC interested in #zerowaste - interested? DM us or email info@returnrecycling.com #wastecharacterization #trash #garbagegeeks #oneofus

Many thanks to @nyu_green for the #zerowaste swag + #zerowaste scheming today! Watch out, @nyuniversity, you've got some #garbagegeeks on your hands. #trash #waste #reduce #reuse

We're radio famous! Check out Uptown Radio's Friday broadcast at uptownradio.org, and find us at 26:24 📡

Trash digging on a sunny day! 🌞 Join us next week: bit.ly/RRsortings #recycling #trash #zerowaste #compost #globalwarmingguilt

COME TOUCH TRASH WITH US! bit.ly/sortwithRR #zerowaste #wastecharacterization #garbagegeeks #trash #recycle

We're experimenting with #repurposed coffee grounds! Stay tuned... 🙀

Fridays mean getting friendly with trash for the RR Team! Wanna join?? bit.ly/sortwithRR

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