Granby Energy Saving Lighting Sale
Friday, October 19, 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Granby Senior Center, 15C N. Granby Road, Granby, CT
The Town of Granby is hosting an Energy Saving Lighting Sale to be held on Friday, October 19, 2007 from 12:00-4:30 pm at the Senior Center.
—Sandra Yost: 860-844-5352, syost@granby-ct.gov
New Haven Recycling Magic Show
Thursday, October 25, 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Wilson Branch, New Haven Public Library (303 Washington Ave.)
A storytelling and magic show of ogres and wizardry becomes a recycling lesson as children learn that they also have the magic to turn the old and broken into the new and useful.
—CJ May: 203-627-2973, cyril.may@yale.edu
Can & Bottle Drop-off in Woodbury & Bethlehem, CT
November through June, 1st and 3rd Saturdays, 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Main Streets in Woodbury and Bethlehem
The Nonnewaug High School Music Boosters are sponsoring drop-off sites for recyclable cans and bottles. These will be staffed by Region 14 high school students in the Band and Chorus.
—Jacquelin Meghani: 203-266-7511, Jmeghani@ctreg14.org
Hartford Celebrates America Recycles Day
Saturday, November 10, 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
211 Murphy Road, Hartford, CT
A Wind Power Demonstration, Phillup D. Bag, Re-use trash to create a masterpiece, Recycle Rex in the theatre. See the changes in the Recycling Center! CRRA will hold it’s final Electronics Recycling for 2007 on this day at the same location for towns that belong to the Mid-CT project.
—Jennifer Higgins: 860-757-7765, jhiggins@crra.org
Trash-Free-Lunch Marathon
November 14 – 16, 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Lauralton Hall, Academy of Our Lady of Mercy, 200 High St., Milford, CT
On Wednesday November 14th to Friday November 67th, the environmental club will have a table set up in the cafeteria where students can show club members their permanent lunch containers, permanent lunch bags and permanent water bottles. Students will then be given a raffle ticket in order to win a prize. All of the prizes are environmentally friendly or cruelty-free. Along with each prize there will be some facts to help educate the recipient. For example with the permanent water bottles, there will facts about how many disposable water bottles end up in landfills.
—Donna DiMassa: 203-877-2786, ddimassa@lauraltonhall.org
SCSU Recycles Day
Thursday November 15th
SCSU, 501 Crescent St, New Haven, CT 06515
SCSU will provide information about recycling on campus and at home. There will be hand-outs, give-a-ways and snacks. ARD pledges will be taken. Open to the SCSU community.
—Heather Stearns: 203-392-6931, Stearnsh1@southernct.edu
Wethersfield Recycles Day
Thursday November 15th, 10 a.m.
Wethersfield, CT: Mikey’s Place, next to the gazebo
To bring awareness to America Recycles Day on November 15th, the Town of Wethersfield will be rolling out recycling containers for the collection of beverage bottles and cans. The first container will be placed at Mikey’s Place, next to the gazebo, on Thursday, November 15th at 10:00 am. THE PUBLIC IS WELCOME! The new recycling program will involve locating recycling containers throughout the Town, e.g. Mill Woods, the Cove, and on school property. They will be a light blue container coupled with trash cans. Residents are encouraged to use these containers when disposing of plastic, can and glass containers. The Town of Wethersfield is proud to support recycling which will mean a decrease in the cost of the waste removal, as well as a cleaner environment!
—Heather Vargas: heather.vargas@wethersfieldct.com
America Recycles Day @ Yale DATE CHANGED TO FRIDAY BECAUSE OF WEATHER!
Thursday Friday November 15th 16th, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Cross Campus Lawn, across from 451 College Street
Join Yale in celebrating America Recycles Day with food, fun and lots of information on how to recycle and how recycling makes a difference. Bring sneakers for recycling through the Nike Reuse-a-Shoe program.
—CJ May: 203-627-2973, cyril.may@yale.edu
Stratford Celebrates America Recycles Day
Saturday, November 17, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
1410 Honeyspot Road, Stratford, CT
Join CRRA in making a reused helping hand message pad in the lab, watching movies in the amphitheater, taking mini-tours of the recycling facility, writing postcards made from recycled paperboard to send to our troops, playing Trash Bash and doing treasure hunts with Trash-o-saurus.
—Audrey Sciuto: 203-381-9571, asciuto@crra.org
