Big Reuse
Elena Tinschert is a dedicated professional with a diverse background in project coordination, community outreach, and food justice. Currently serving as Project Coordinator for the NYC Compost Project at Big Reuse since March 2021, Elena has prior experience as Produce Manager at The Greene Grape and Fresh Food Box Coordinator at GrowNYC, where responsibilities included managing local produce ordering and outreach in underserved communities. Additionally, Elena has worked in communications and social media roles at Just Food, participated in event coordination, and gained varied experience through internships and assistant positions in both community outreach and project management. Elena holds a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences from Sarah Lawrence College.
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As Big Reuse and Big Initiatives, we are passionate about developing solutions to help fight climate change. Our prime focus is helping our communities strive for Zero Waste by developing circular economy solutions. Big Reuse: - diverts building materials, furniture and homegoods from the landfill at our reuse center - hosts green job training programs - operates the Compost Project hosted by Big Reuse to create compost for street trees and community gardens from NYC's organics waste stream - activates hundreds of volunteers to help green NYC - provides outreach for NYC's organics collection program reaching over 100,000 residents a year.