Event #1

It's been twelve months since our last Zero Waste meeting, but we're back in a big way this month. On Wednesday, March 16, 7-8:30pm, we will have two speakers from the Seattle Aquarium join us: Nora Nickum and Dr. Lyda Harris. After a brief catch-up on ZW business, they will help us learn more about plastic pollution in Puget Sound and the broader ocean, and what policies are being advanced to reduce that pollution and cut back on waste from single-use plastics and other packaging. Here are the specific areas they will cover:

Zoom in here for an engaging evening.

This event features three keynote speakers:

Plus two sets of break-out sessions (more details here):

Session A:

Cashmere, silk, linen, wool, leather - If you have holey or stained clothing made of these fibers, or if you have fabric scraps of the same, Amos Staffler will gratefully accept them.

You can drop them off at 309 Wallace Way NW (off Grow) or she can pick up from you if you email her.

Amos notes that, when cashmere with a hole or silk with a stain is donated to Goodwill, it doesn’t get sold for rewear; it gets diverted to a landfill or ground up as fiber filling because it isn’t sellable as a garment.

To keep it local and reusable, gift your pieces to Amos. She will snip and puzzle the cashmere and silk together to give those precious fibers a second life, such as when she recently donated a cashmere & linen all-season baby blanket to the Seattle Children's Thrift Store on Bainbridge.

Books, CDs and DVDs aren't the only things you can borrow from the Kitsap County Public Libraries. Did you know that these items can also be checked out?

Go to this krl.org page to see what is available.

Here's another way to keep from having to buy stuff: specialty swap groups. Below are three Bainbridge ones that we know of. (You'll need a Facebook account to join.) If you are aware of others, please email us.

With the mask mandate ending soon, you may have some well-worn disposable masks lying around. Cedars Unitarian Universalist Church is sharing with the community a way to get them recycled.

Cedars has purchased a box through the Terracycle program in which disposable masks (not cloth) will be collected, then sent to Terracycle, where they will be taken apart and recycled. Click here to read how the recycling process works.

There is a collection bucket located outside the Cedars Church office at 284 Madrona Way NE #128. The office building is on the north side and east end of the street. Everyone is welcome to drop off disposable masks at Cedars offices and help reduce waste created by the pandemic!

The 2022 session is drawing to a close on March 10. The best way to keep abreast of waste-related bills that are still alive and to see how to support them is to go to Zero Waste Washington's Facebook page from now through the next few days.

To learn the fate of all the various bills having to do with waste reduction, check out ZWW's legislative page.

We get exposed to multiple chemicals constantly. Watch this 2-minute video to find out which printed papers that we handle frequently contain the endocrine-disrupting BPA and BPS. Stay for the ending to see how to avoid them. (Hint: It can save paper, too.)

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