A free service, open to the public. Donations are appreciated! Do you have stuff around the house that is broken, or has stopped working — electronics, furniture, toys, and more — but you’d hate to just throw away? Wobbly chair? Flickering lamp? Tape stuck in your VCR? Bring it in, and members and volunteers at...
Join local businesses to discuss the barriers and opportunities to zero waste in the business community. This is always a fascinating session! Watch Recording Here: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/yo02dKPUBK3_1PD_dPsDRriQydqWmWkc8cMLwOhBERQIQPkDtLqXPjx-EOFyRCrl.RrCFEgr1LYF48JkT
Bring your mask and well-worn items that could use a tune up, and we'll take a look at them! Or, make someone else's day by volunteering at Fix-It Friday and repairing their items. Fix-It Friday: Think of this as the last chance before you get rid of something; Free, but no Guarantee. We will: -...
Come sew (or learn to sew) veggie bags from scrap fabric to replace plastic bags at stores and markets. No experience necessary! Held at the Rudolf Steiner Health Center 1422 W. Liberty St. Ann Arbor, MI
Bring a T-shirt to the fair to get screen printed with our zero waste designs! Kids activities provided by SCRAP :)
Kitchen scraps, yard waste, and other materials can be recycled into “black gold”, the gardener’s nickname for nutrient dense compost. Come visit the Growing Hope Urban Farm to learn about our composting system and systems you can build and maintain at home. If the weather is good, you can help us turn our piles to...
✅ Bring Your Own T-shirt for Screen Printing! Come celebrate the end of Ann Arbor’s Zero Waste Challenge with an evening of interactive, waste-reducing fun and learning. Starting at 5:00pm, we’ll have interactive demos to show you how to reduce waste at home, learn about compost, hands on repair demos including a mobile bike repair...
We say we "throw it away", but there is no such place as “away”… Live Zero Waste and The Washtenaw Zero Waste Coalition are inviting you to join us on the second annual Trash Talk Tour! The tour will feature a number of events and a self paced tour of Ann Arbor's zero waste economy!...
The Story of Plastic, the award-winning documentary, will be made available for free streaming for all Park Slope Food Coop members between July 6 and July 20. This film presents a cohesive timeline of how we got to our current global plastic pollution crisis, and how the oil and gas industry has successfully manipulated the...
Come in person to Jody Reiss’ apartment (RSVP for Address) to chat in person with Judith, pose questions on plastics and grassroots activism, and receive a resounding pep talk in preparation for our rally the next day. Contact host Jody Reiss ( ailanthis@gmail.com ) for more information.
Location: DEC Region 2 Headquarters (47-40 21st Street, Long Island City)Nearby Subways: Court Sq – 23rd St ( 7 E M G ), Vernon Boulevard-Jackson Ave ( 7 ), 21st Street – Van Alst ( G ). Nearly two years after the statewide plastic bag ban took effect, many stores – especially in NYC – continue...
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