We Hate to Waste logo
     
Sign up for our Newsletter ‐ it's Free!
Share Swap Donate Gift NYC Hate to Waste Share NYC

Share ZeroWaste NYC Share NYC

Share Books

Set up a little free library in your building’s laundry, office break room or other public space.

Share Other Stuff

Start a toy library. Keep a stash of umbrellas in the lobby. Let neighbors know that you’re willing to lend your espresso maker, photocopier or other stuff.

Share Skills

Get stuff fixed at neighborhood repair events hosted by Fixers’ Collective or Popup Repair.

Share ZeroWaste NYC Share NYC

Swap Locally

Pick up some books, housewares and other articles at GrowNYC’s free community Stop ‘n’ Swap events. Learn about the ReCenter Swap Shop in Northampton, Mass.

Re-Gift

Openly gift items from the re-gift bag. Better yet, throw a re-gift party like this one.  Celebrate National Re-gifting Day with office-mates.

Pool Leftovers

What’s left over from last night’s supper can delight a neighbor tonight. Learn more.

Borrow/ Lend Zero Waste NYC Share NYC

Create a Sharing Closet

Stock it with a vacuum cleaner, ironing board and more. Start by simply letting neighbors know what you are willing to share. (Knock, Knock)

Borrow Things for Free

Borrow tools from the South Street Seaport free tool lending library. Borrow a tie for that next interview from the Queens Library or a work accessory from the Riverside Library (Philly’s got a tool libe and a tie libe, too.). Citizens Committee is happy to share video projectors, tents, bullhorns and more to folks running block parties, fundraisers. 

Lend Stuff to Neighbors

Join Nextdoor.com, and link to neighbors by zip code, even block by block or by building — and let the borrowing and lending begin.

Donate Zero Waste NYC Share NYC

Donate Stuff to Worthy Causes

Link to DonateNYC and learn how to donate to Goodwill, Salvation Army, United War Veterans Council, and more. Donate, as well as buy and sell gently used stuff at the Donate NYC Exchange.

Donate Art Supplies, Coats & Food

Donate to New York Cares, Materials for the Arts, and MoveforHunger.

Donate Stuff Right in Your Building

Drop-off clothing and textiles in a RefashionNYC box. Help out HousingWorks, too.

Gift / Give Away Zero Waste NYC Share NYC

Start a Free Stuff Box

Repurpose a carton in your building’s laundry, lobby or other public space and let residents ‘take’ and ‘leave’.

Give Food Away

Little free pantries and community refrigerators are popping up in Europe — why not NYC?

Join a Gift Economy

Free Your Stuff NYC: Queens & Brooklyn has over 300 members and growing.

Let us at WeHateToWaste help you get started to Share NYC

Spreading the word about the power to share is how we at WeHateToWaste fulfill our mission: change consumption culture through the prism of Zero Waste. This guide focuses on our hometown of New York City — but everyone, everywhere can get inspired by these ideas. And please share with us what you’re doing in your city.

 

Big hearty thanks to the folks who helped create this page: Alexandra Cazeils, Kimberly Cionca Sebesanu, Caitlin Harrington-Smith, Karen Jackson, Lili Guia, Shawn Dorman

Leave a Reply

*

MENU
MENU