Props, art department supplies, food lumber, equipment and expendables can be given to shelters, schools, or other organizations at the end of production.
Make a clean sweep of the area to ensure that nothing is left behind: equipment, garbage, all resident letters, parking signs and VTU signs.
Offset your production's carbon footprint through MillionTreesNYC.
NYC WasteMatch: A free materials exchange service funded by the NYC Department of Sanitation's Bureau of Waste Prevention, Reuse and Recycling. They can help you find a home for your surplus & used materials. Establish contact during pre-production or as soon as possible before production wrap, in order to provide enough lead time for NYC WasteMatch to find a home for your unwanted items. Call 212-650-5832 or email them info@wastematch.org.
Earth 911: Guide to local resources including recycling centers, how to recycle, pollution prevention, and how to help protect the environment.
GrowNYC: Hands-on non-profit that greens local neighborhoods, promotes waste prevention and recycling, and runs the largest farmers market program in the country.