Gowanus pop-up dumpster gardens find new home in Industry City

Last summer, the <a href="http://www.gowanuscanalconservancy.org/ee/">Gowanus Canal Conservancy</a> and <a href="http://www.alloyllc.com"> Alloy Development</a> collaborated on the<a href="http://www.2000gallonproject.com"> 2000 Gallon Project</a>, a pop-up nursery and event space that brought attention to the creative potential of dumpsters. The popular intervention, which successfully raised awareness about how the polluted Gowanus waterway could be transformed, recently came to an end, but the popular blue dumpsters will continue to live on as repurposed planters for the <a href="http://industrycity.com/">Industry City</a> complex in Sunset Park.

There were six dumpsters that were used for the Gowanus project, all of which were acquired to be reused as planters for trees in Industry City.

Industry City's new planters.

The reuse of the dumpsters brings some more green to emerging Industry City.

Both dumpster projects involved collaboration with community partners.

The dumpsters find their next home.

The dumpsters were transferred from Gowanus to Industry City in Sunset Park.

The reuse of the dumpsters in Sunset Park are an example of the city's creative approach to sustainability.