Finger Lakes ReUse is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping our communities benefit from reuse by reducing waste, relieving poverty, and teaching job skills. We operate a ReUse Center open to the public 7 days a week (accepting and selling quality used furniture, salvaged and surplus building materials, housewares, and home electronics,) provide Deconstruction Services as a green alternative to demolition, and our computer reuse program, the eCenter accepts computers and refurbishes them for reuse in our community.

Master Composters are a group of volunteers trained to educate the public about, and instill enthusiasm for, composting. Volunteers achieve these goals in a number of ways. They conduct workshops at Demonstration Sites throughout the county. Through exhibits and demonstrations, they provide information at community events held during the year at various locations. Volunteers also offer troubleshooting and technical assistance to composters in the community.

The Tompkins County Solid Waste Management Division promotes the 4Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle, and rebuy) to help Tompkins County residents, businesses, and organizations manage their waste in a manner that is environmentally sound, cost-effective, socially responsible, and safe.

SewGreen is a community not-for-profit program that promotes sustainability through the creative reuse of fabric, fiber, and fashion, as well as responsible consumerism and a rediscovery of self-reliant skills.

The concept is simple: you have something you no longer need (a couch, crib, etc.) and you wish to "recycle" it rather than throw it away. Or you're looking for a specific item, and you'd love getting it for free. Ithaca Freecycle (TM) is the place you can post notices about items you'd like to give away and find things that you need. The only requirement is that the transfer of an item from one person to another has to be FREE.

Share Tompkins helps folks share and trade goods and services in Ithaca and Tompkins County. The volunteer-run group was formed through an open community meeting on May 7, 2009.