Orcas Island ExchangeNEWS
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Anniversary and Holiday Sale Success
On Saturday December 8th, we hosted our first anniversary with a big holiday sale—and it was awesome! In fact, one...
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Drop Off Your Xmas Tree for Free!
Drop off your dried-out Christmas tree at the transfer station for no charge. We'll add it to our green waste compost...
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Exchange Online Store Launches
For months we have been discussing how to launch an online store that would first take into consideration our local...
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Paint Recycling Now Available at The Exchange
ORS is now a recycling center for latex paint! Gather up your old, leftover, or unwanted latex paint (liquid form)...
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INSPIRATION
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My Exchange: A Holiday Hound Success Story
The success of the first year of operation of The Exchange can be measured several different ways. One way is...
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SAVE THE DATE: Great Islands Clean Up Spring 2019
Saturday, April 20, 2019 will be our next Great Islands Clean Up event from 10am to 2pm. Be sure to...
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Awesome “Talking Trash” Community Forum!
On November 3rd more than 30 committed folks joined ORS/The Exchange in a community forum to visualize the future of the...
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WATCH: How The Orcas Exchange Became a Zero Waste Model
Watch the story of how a rag-tag island swap meet turned into a model non-profit, zero-waste reuse and recycling facility.
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KNOWLEDGE
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Be Mindful of Holiday Packaging
It's that time of year again when you order stuff online (yes, most of us do it) and we get...
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Solving the Plastic Packaging Problem
Recycle 2.0 was launched with the purpose of continuing education on the current, worldwide recycling challenges. Plastics is a big...
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Sorting Through the Plastic Numbers
We've been discussing plastics a lot lately. And for good reason. But have you ever been confused by those numbers...
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Don’t Waste The Good Stuff!
What’s wrong with this picture? Look at all of those valuable aluminum cans in the garbage! With a little forethought,...
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