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It’s very difficult to eat or drink these days without ingesting plastic, which comes into contact with nearly all commercially sold foods. Cardboard milk containers and cans of peas are coated with plastic; it is sprayed on produce to preserve freshness and used to irrigate, mulch, wrap and transport fruits and vegetables. Since the 1950s, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has known that plastic “migrates” into the food and drinks it comes in contact with. In fact, until 2002 “food grade” plastic was classified by the FDA as an “indirect food additive.” And since the 1990s, when scientists worldwide began monitoring urinary concentrations of environmental chemicals, it’s been known that virtually all of us have chemicals in our blood and tissue that migrated from plastic food wrap, bags, packaging and bottles.  As was covered in a Gazette Coop Environmental Committee Report last year, these chemicals are known endocrine disrupters that are linked to health risks ranging from ...

Upcoming Vote for Zero Waste Fee-Based Plastic Packaging Collection When:  April 26th, Tuesday night, 7pm General Meeting Where:  St. Francis Xavier School, 763 President Street, between 6th and 7th Avenues What:  Phase II of the TerraCycle collection will allow for collection of a very broad array of plastic packaging waste from products sold at the coop.  This waste will be upcycled and repurposed to create long lasting useful items (e.g., decking and fencing, planting barrels, garbage cans, etc.) This vote is for a year long trial which will allow for a full assessment of use and participation.  It should be noted, the Coop is under no contractual obligation with this program. We can discontinue the trial at anytime, if needed. How : In addition to our current participation in 6 free brigades (small bulk bags, food storage bags, cling wrap; Brita filters; baby food pouches; toothbrushes and toothpaste tubes; cereal bag liners; and energy bar wrappers), if ap...

The Environmental Committee is promoting a new partnership between the PSFC and TerraCycle , an innovative recycling company that transforms hard to recycle waste into new products- keeping more waste out of landfills. WHEN: Wednesday April 13th from 4-6pm. Saturday April 23rd from 2-4pm. WHERE: In front of the Coop or inside if the weather is frigid. WHAT *Please presort and separate items by category *No need to clean or remove labels *Please do not bring any other items than those listed: Toothpaste tubes, any brand and size (toothbrushes okay too) Baby food pouches and caps (any brand) Energy bar wrappers (any brand but only energy bars—no other wrappers please) Brita filters (other filter brands okay) plus other Brita filter related items Plastic food storage zip lock bags (any size), plastic cling wrap, and small bulk bags (Please no plastic roll bags or shopping bags) Cereal bag and cracker bag liners or bulk cereal bags (any brand) UPCOMING VOTE: Tuesday, April 26, 7:00 p.m. M...

Have you heard of the Adirondack park? Spent time there to appreciate it's majestic beauty? It's a six-million-acre National treasure. The Adirondack Park includes New York's Forest Preserve in Upstate New York. Unlike most preserves, about 52 per cent of the land is privately-owned. The Nature Conservancy bought a piece of this land (called Boreas Ponds) from a timber company, and now NY STATE is going to buy the land for the public – you and me! Right now the park's coalition is working with the governor on the protection details for this piece of land. (Bottom line – motors or no motors.) Governor Cuomo has an historic opportunity to create a world-renowned, spectacular motor-free area covering more than 280,000-contiguous acres in the heart of the Adirondack Park. The Governor needs to hear from thousands of people like you who want to protect our Adirondack legacy and support Wilderness. CLICK HERE AND Please sign the petition today!  And Click here to l...

Hello! Attention Park Slope Food Coop Members: As many of you know Terra Cycle Collection has begun at Coop! It is usually set up outside coop unless inclement weather moves it inside to conference room. Here are some schedule changes for the collections due to upcoming Holiday: the Saturday TerraCycle collection dates for December will change to the THIRD Saturday, 12/19 . We will resume our regular second Wednesday and fourth Saturday schedule in January. WHAT'S BEING COLLECTED: *Toothpaste tubes, any brand and size (toothbrushes OK too) *Baby food pouches and caps (any brand) *Energy bar wrappers (any brand but only energy bars—no other wrappers please) *Brita filters (other filter brands okay) plus other Brita filter–related items *Plastic food storage zip lock bags (any size), plastic cling wrap, and small bulk bags (NO PLASTIC ROLL BAGS OR SHOPPING BAGS) *Cereal bag and cracker bag liners or bulk cereal bags See you this Saturday December 19th 2pm to 4pm!

Park Slope Food Coop Members, PLEASE NOTE: A change in the Saturday TerraCycle collection dates for November and December to the THIRD Saturday for those two months, 11/21 and 12/19. We will resume our regular fourth Saturday schedule in January. Second Wednesdays remain unchanged, 11/11 and 12/9.