Orcas Island ExchangeNEWS
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Exchange and Transfer Station Closed Feb 11-13
UPDATE: Due to weather conditions and concern for customer safety, The Exchange AND the Transfer Station will be closed today....
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Three tons of Household Hazardous Waste cleaned up!
After years of once-a-year pickups that most of us missed, ORS and San Juan County have finally introduced quarterly collection...
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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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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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INSPIRATION
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Earth Day Weekend 2019 & Call To Artists!
If the Great Islands Clean Up on April 20 isn't enough for you, make sure you join us the following...
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Keeping Waste Local: Need a Garbage Can?
ORS was recently approached by Lotioncrafter, one of our awesome local companies, about what to do with the excess 55...
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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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KNOWLEDGE
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Where Does All the Food Waste Go?
Late last year when the nation-wide recycling crisis consumed the news, we decided to push forward on our Recycle 2.0...
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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 are 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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