As the Rheaply team prepares for a jam-packed Climate Week in NYC, we are proud to officially announce the launch of a free-to-join NYC Reuse Marketplace in the NYC Tri-state Area, sponsored by Google! Organizations of all sizes are invited to join Rheaply’s New York City Public Reuse Marketplace. Verified businesses can donate, buy, or sell reusable furniture, fixtures, and equipment (FF&E), building materials, and other workplace items on a secure virtual marketplace.
The New York metropolitan area, broadly referred to as the Tri-State area, consists of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, and is the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass. Today, resource consumption in NYC is linear: resources are extracted, manufactured for products, and then brought to (or assembled into) buildings. With each new construction, the vicious cycle continues with the sourcing of new products that further extract virgin materials. Conservative estimates indicate New York City alone produces 14 million tons of trash every year.
Adopting a circular economy can address the massive waste issue while growing the overall economy and creating new jobs. Now, businesses of all sizes can keep valuable products and material in use, reduce costs and landfill waste, and connect with each other locally, activating a circular city model.
What this means for NYC climate goals
Getting started on Rheaply
- Go to rheaply.com/circular-cities/nyc
- Complete the sign up form
- List your first item through the “Create” button
- Set your location to view items closest to you
Rheaply’s platform is built with the needs of architecture, engineering, construction, and real estate professionals in mind. Rheaply’s focus on construction and building materials and workplace resources means our marketplace is perfect for organizations that want to leverage reuse to meet their business needs. We also track metrics related to weight and embodied carbon to understand the true environmental impact of the marketplace.
