Top 12 Buildings of 2012- The Verdesian is #1

We love to give props were props is due. While we love each and every one of our partners, we feel it is important to give credit to those buildings that produce week in and week out. We do this list every year so you may see some familiar names, but there are some new buildings on the list and a new champ so take a bow residents of The Verdesian in Battery Park City, you have diverted the most textile waste from landfills out of all of our 200-plus buildings for 2012. Her ore our top 12 producers:

1) The Verdesian, 211 North End Ave. – 10425 lbs

2) 45 Fairview Avenue – 9900 lbs

3) The Solaire, 20 River Terrace – 9825 lbs

4) Hillman Housing, 530 Grand Ave, bldg F – 9725 lbs

5) The Epic, 125 W 31 st. – 8950 lbs

6) The Vanguard, 77 W 24th st. – 8625 lbs

7) 50 Murray st – 8275 lbs

8) 180 Riverside Dr -8100 lbs

9) 160 Riverside Dr. – 8075 lbs

10) The Bromley, 225 W 83rd st. – 8000 lbs

11) The Helena, 601 W 57th st. – 7900 lbs

12) The Langston, 68 Bradhurst – 7525 lbs

To all the residents of these buildings, we tip our caps to you. Thanks for your efforts. If you are reading this list with envy, and wondering how your building can get a bin, please fill out a request on our website and we will do our best to bring our convenient service to you and your neighbors. Thanks to all of our partners who have helped us once again to have a record breaking year.

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Long before Al Gore made it fashionable to be eco-friendly, a group of friends living in NYC came up with the idea for Wearable Collections. We must admit that we had ulterior motives for starting a clothing recycling company.

In November of 2000, one of our partners, Ethan Ruby was struck by a car while crossing Delancey St. in lower Manhattan, leaving him paralyzed from his chest down. This event drastically affected all of our lives. Ethan being a conduit of positive energy, would not let the group wallow in pity. He took a leadership role by becoming the president of the NYC chapter of the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, one of the leading spinal cord injury research facilities in America. We found ourselves constantly brainstorming ideas for fundraising. Being NYC residents ourselves, we were overwhelmed with the amount of waste produced in our city and figured there must be some valuable goods being tossed away daily.

After seeing one of our neighbor’s bags of clothing waiting to be picked up for collection, sitting in the hallway for over a week, a light bulb went off. What if we could bring the convenience that New Yorkers demand to clothing recycling? By placing bins within apartment buildings, residents can now recycle clothing as easy as they can recycle cans and newspapers. Not only are we able to divert textiles from landfills, we are able to raise money for charitable organizations. We believe that this is a winning formula and are proud to be among the businesses making NYC a leader of the Green revolution.

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