More than 3,000 people celebrated Earth Day in Memorial Peace Park and at the ACT on Saturday.
One and a half cube vans of donated items were given away as part of this year’s Freecycle event.
“It is trying to take the stigma off of second-hand,” said Leanne Koehn, an organizer from the Ridge Meadows Recycling Society.
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For the past five years the Tusket River Environmental Protection Association has held its Freecycle event – a chance for people to get rid of used (but-still-working) electronics and a chance for others maybe to find something they can use – and this year’s event is scheduled for Saturday, April 13, in the Beacon United Church auditorium.
The drop-off period, when organizers will accept items, is from 9 to 10 a.m. At 10, people can begin browsing through the material. There is no charge for the items, hence the name: Freecycle.
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Earth Emerson is participating in this year’s Recyclemania for the second time, a competition in which colleges and universities across the United States and Canada vie for the title of Grand Champion.
Schools are ranked by how much recycled material they produce in comparison to their amount of trash. From Feb. 3 to March 30, the club hosts several events to increase the college’s recycling rate.
Last Wednesday in the Bill Bordy Theater, Earth Emerson held its first student Freecycle, one of Recyclemania’s events. A Freecycle is a place where students can bring clothing, accessories, or other items they no longer want in the hopes of finding something new.
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Second Community Christmas, ‘Freecycle’ returns next week
Posted Nov 29, 2012 By EMC News
EMC Lifestyle – Christmas is just around the corner!
Friends and families will get together to share in the magic of the season, putting up the Christmas lights and decorations, cutting down the tree, and warming up after with hot chocolate.
But we all know that not everyone’s Christmas will be quite as merry as others. Many moms and dads are not able to put a special something under the tree for their children. For many there will be no tree.
The Wednesday Night Ladies Care Group at the North Grenville Community Church would like to help.
Last year, we held a Community Christmas Freecycle, which was a tremendous success. The Freecycle was an opportunity for members of our community to donate items for gifting that were then offered to the community at no cost.
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Consider Freecycle. In Vancouver, there are well over 7,000 registered users of Freecycle, an online site that connects those who wish to discard used household items with those who want them. No money is exchanged, but friendly conversations are part of the deal. Everyone on Freecycle shares a commitment to keeping city landfills free of their stuff, and when people share a commitment, they like to chat about it.
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What seems like a useful website is mentioned in this blog post – Freecycle.org, where you offer unwanted but useful things around your house to people instead of throwing them out.
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Freecycle.org: Join people around the world getting rid of stuff on this grassroots community page.
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She is looking forward to experiencing in Tanzania a change from the lifestyle of the western developed world to which she is accustomed. She is entering this experience in Tanzania wanting to be able to give as much as she can. That’s why she left with 30 soccer balls and also soccer jerseys which she will be distributing there. Thanks to Freecycle, she also left with children’s shoes, used eye glasses and school supplies for the orphanage.
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MIDLAND – Local residents will have a chance to save items from going to the landfill while picking up useful – and free – stuff next weekend.
Georgian College’s Robbert Hartog Midland campus will host the third Freecycle Trunk Exchange on May 12 from 9-11 a.m.
The event is like a giant garage sale, but all items are free. No money, no trades and no bartering.
A similar event in October of last year saw more than 200 people contribute furniture, toys, home décor items and more.
Freecycle is a non-profit organization with a mission to reduce waste, save precious resources, and ease the burden on landfills. For more information, visit www.freecycle.org.
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The “freecycle” trailer at the disposal site, where residents can leave and pick up reusable items, has also proven to be a “very popular service” that should continue.
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