Frequently Asked Questions

We are located in the Actors Equity Building (165 W 46th Street) in Suite 616.

The Broadway Green Alliance wishes to respectfully acknowledge that our offices are situated on the island of Manahatta in Lenapehoking, land stolen from its original caretakers, the Munsee Lenape people. We acknowledge, respect, and uplift their ancestral stewardship of these lands past, present, and future.

“Acknowledgement is the beginning. Acknowledgement—and the research required to do it with integrity—should be an invitation to deeper analysis, relationship, and action.” — US Department of Arts and Culture #HonorNativeLand

Adrienne Wong of SpiderWebShow in Ontario has written this digital land acknowledgement, which we’d like to share:

“Since our activities are shared digitally to the internet, let’s also take a moment to consider the legacy of colonization embedded within the technologies, structures, and ways of thinking we use every day. We are using equipment and high speed internet not available in many Indigenous communities. Even the technologies that are central to much of the art we [make] leaves significant carbon footprints, contributing to changing climates that disproportionately affect Indigenous peoples worldwide. I invite you to join me in acknowledging all this as well as our shared responsibility: to make good of this time and for each of us to consider our roles in reconciliation, decolonization, and allyship.”

Yes, we encourage anyone to use our free binder exchange! You may borrow as many binders as you like for as long as you like and we also accept binders to add to the exchange (binders must be less than 3” and in decent condition). Please see The Binder Project page for more information.

We’d love to have you aboard as a Green Captain. Whether you're part of a Broadway show, at an Off-Broadway venue, at a college or university, on a tour, with a union, at a regional theatre, or involved with theatre in any capacity at all, we would love for you to be on the BGA team. If you're interested, please fill out this form located on our Green Captain page.

There are many ways to get involved even if you are not in New York. If you are a college or university student, you can become a College Green Captain. We also have a volunteer program - you can sign up to be a BGA volunteer. Otherwise, please take a look at our resources and follow us on Facebook and Instagram for lots of behind-the-scenes content and information about how to take climate action.

The BGA operates with three part-time staff members and a paid college intern - everyone else is a volunteer! If you are interested in submitting your resume for consideration for future openings, please email it to jobs@broadwaygreen.com. You can learn more about our internship program and how to apply by clicking here. You can sign up to volunteer by clicking here.

Thank you for carefully recycling and upcycling your materials with the BGA. The BGA is a non-profit organization that provides free specialty recycling programs to our theatre and local community. When you bring in your items to recycle or for reuse, they are not considered donations. We do accept monetary tax-deductible donations that enable us to continue providing our recycling and exchange services free of charge.

The BGA holds two collection drives for electronic waste every year in Times Square - you can find out more here. Electronic waste put in the regular trash adds many toxic compounds to landfills and is hazardous to handle. In between drives, there are many other options for disposing of electronic waste - refer to our E-Waste Disposal Guide for more information!

If you have costume pieces that you think can be re-used, please reach out to the TDF Costume Collection. For general used clothing, as well as paired shoes, hats, belts, towels, and more, please hold onto them for our next textile drive. The BGA holds two collection drives for textiles every year in Times Square - you can find out more here. We also operate a year-round textile collection bin, located in the Actors Equity Building lobby (please visit www.actorsequity.org for hours). Our partner, Wearable Collections, also has regular stands at certain Greenmarkets around the city – click here to find the one nearest you. You may also refer to our Textile Disposal Guide for any other information.

If your show or theatre has a BGA Green Captain, please contact them for assistance. In NYC, there are several places to take set pieces and props so that they can be recycled or reused. Big Reuse and Materials for the Arts take certain items - please see our resources page and refer to our Quick Guide to Closing Greener for additional information. If you have specific questions, please contact us at info@broadwaygreen.com.

Regular alkaline (non-rechargeable) batteries are not illegal to dispose of in the regular trash as they now contain very little mercury. However, they cannot be put into the regular household recycling, so we would encourage you to find a place to take them for safe disposal and proper recycling. Rechargeable batteries contain heavy metals like mercury, cadmium, and lead and should never be thrown in the regular trash or in recycling bins. In NYC, all stores that sell these must take them back for recycling from any consumer - you can find more information here. There are also many companies and organizations, like 4THBIN, Call2Recycle, and ERI that can assist you with responsibly disposing your old batteries.

All Broadway theatres use commercial trash haulers that do post-collection sorting. This means they take all of the trash and recycling from the theatre to a materials recovery facility where recyclable materials are sorted out and recycled. Remember, this is not the case with residential recycling which requires sorting of all materials (see Recycling Rules · NYC311).

Yes! Broadway participates 100% - there is a Green Captain on every current Broadway production.

Check out this BGA resource that outlines all the places you can find bike parking in the Times Square Theatre District.