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She said that the company is “re-ally
proud of the work we’re doing”
and made great strides in terms of
diverting waste from landfills and
encouraging Queens residents to
channel their “inner sustainable-ist.”
De Jesus, who lives in the Raven-swood
Houses in Astoria, said that
more people around the city should be
demanding that places like Big Reuse
continue to exist despite rapid gen-trification.
“Organizations like ours and City
Harvest and I’m sure many other
nonprofits have really come to a place
where they have to decide whether
they can function anymore,” she said.
“We also recognize that until mostly
everyone can understand the inherent
value in what we’re doing, we’re go-ing
to continue to struggle to explain
why our work matters, why it should
be supported and why there should
be a salvage warehouse in every
borough.”
Big Reuse sold its items at 50 per-cent
off to make it easier to move into
their Gowanus location.
The Gowanus location is about half
the size of the Queens location and
the organization will be operating at
about half capacity in Brooklyn, De
Jesus said.
“Queens is the firstlocation that
Big Reuse opened and seeing it
come to an end is not even bitter-sweet,”
De Jesus said. “It’s just bitter
all the way.”
Queens is the
firstlocation that Big
Reuse opened and seeing
it come to an end is not
even bittersweet. It's just
bitter all the way.
ERYCKA DE JESUS
Outreach Coordinator
