[re]design is a social enterprise based in the UK for “designers who don’t want to make landfill”. Their latest show is called Doing It For The Kids (a slide show) and is described as sustainable play design. They have striking images of ‘toys’ recycled toys make great gifts, all made from recycled materials. We are looking for Canadian designers to feature on our website…if you are or know of one, please contact us with their information.
Victoria CRD are talking about banning wood from landfill…great idea, as long as we prohibit businesses from burning ‘waste’ wood. Recycling wood is a workable, profitable business model and check out a British Columbia Recycled Wood Company
Last day for this season on Sunday at Government Street Artisan Market (by the China Town Gates). This is Leona’s chance to talk ‘recycling’ to folks from Victoria and out of town and a chance to sell upcycled products. These products show what happens to all that recycling - no, it doesn’t end up on landfill.
Join us at the BC Women’s Show & Sale on October 3 & 4 (10-5pm) at Pearkes Recreation Centre at Tillicum.
Anyone with a eco friendly garden/bit of earth can compost everything out of the kitchen…bread, bones, fat, protein, in fact all the leftovers that cannot go into green composters.
All you need is the Bokachi system: The system needs a bran mix invented by the Japanese - basically bran and molasses with the magic ingredient - micro-organisms; these ferment the kitchen scraps in any plastic container (recycled, of course). There is no smell and once your container is full - leave for 2 weeks and then deposit in your compost or dig into the ground.
More details available soon on our ‘why recycle’ pages.
Leona is off to the mainland for a conference - carpooling, naturally.
Waterproof Baby Fleece Blanket and Cushion Made From Recycled Plastic
Recycle2shop has been at the Government Street Market in Victoria every Sunday in the summer and sadly we only have 2 more market days to go. People are fascinated by all our ‘upcycled’ products and totally supportive of recycling. Our fleece (made from recycled plastic bottles) products elicit amazement and “how does that work?” We talk recycling - hey, people are actually giving me permission to rabbit on about the wonders of recycling.
Recycle2shop went to UVIC
Yes, we took the message to GreenStart at UVic, Wednesday and Thursday during their first week of classes. They were all too poor after buying books to spend on extras so it was all about the message. Met a passionate recycler from CRD who is engaged in wood recycling (as opposed to burning) and more on that in weeks to come. If you would like to add your views to the CRD proposal you have until September 18th.