CRT Volunteers Needed for Ithaca Festival
Tompkins CRT needs volunteers to help with recycling and composting efforts at the Ithaca Festival (June 2nd-4th). CRT volunteers keep a watchful eye over compost, recycling, and trash stations to promote recycling and composting and prevent waste and contamination. Interested in volunteering? Contact TompkinsCRT@gmail.com
Friendship Donations Network Fights Food Waste
The local Friendship Donations Network (FDN) rescues fresh, nutritious food that would otherwise be thrown away from stores and farms and redistributes it to those in need. It provides food donations to hunger relief programs that serve more than 2,000 people a week, and diverts over 1,000 pounds of good food from being wasted every day.
Learn more here.
Finger Lakes ReUse Deconstruction Program is Hiring
The Deconstruction Program of Finger Lakes ReUse is a green alternative to traditional demolition, salvaging reusable building materials. The program is currently hiring temporary crewmembers starting as soon as possible.
Find out more and apply here.
DEC Grant to Establish Food Scraps Transfer Station
The Tompkins County Department of Recycling and Materials Management was awarded a $355,000 grant from the New York Department of Environmental Conservation's Climate Smart Communities program. The funds will be used to create a new transfer station for food scraps, providing a centralized location for material collection and improving the transportation of food scraps to Cayuga Compost in Trumansburg for processing.
Read the full release here.
Become a Tompkins County ReBusiness Partner
Join the hundreds of local businesses and organizations who are saving money, conserving energy and diverting resources from the landfill. Make a commitment to the 4Rs - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Rebuy - and call our team today for your free Waste Assessment
We worked with some of our ReBusiness Partners to create a short video promoting the program. The video demonstrates how easy it is to participate in a waste assessment or reassessment and highlights some of the successes of existing partners. Special thanks to: Cayuga Medical Center, Renovus Solar, Waffle Frolic, and Thomas Hoebbel Photography.
Online Reuse Directory Highlights Secondhand Shopping
Check out Get Your Greenback Tompkins' Reuse Store directory!
Secondhand shopping provides quality goods at reasonable prices, with most of your money staying in the local economy.
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