Orcas Island ExchangeNEWS
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Reducing Plastic Waste with Beeswax Wraps
Board Member, Asifa Pasin recently hosted an Exchange Workshop that allowed participants to learn to create their own beeswax wraps....
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Fall Great Islands Clean Up
It was another successful Great Islands Clean Up! On September 28th (National Public Lands Day), all islands gathered from 10am...
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Orcas Transfer Station Charges Recently Raised
Eastsound WA—Due to continuing turmoil and skyrocketing prices in the recycling industry, and greater expenses over all, Orcas Recycling Services...
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Help Us Upgrade Island Recycling!
Help ORS build an up-graded recycling facility on Orcas. The recycling system in America is currently broken. And while we...
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INSPIRATION
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The New Exchange T-shirt Design Winner
The Exchange is pleased to announce the winner of our logo design contest. Ginna Magee created the design that best...
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Step-by-Step to Recycling Plastics
The NPR recently published a helpful infographic on the in’s and out’s of plastic recycling. If you were not already...
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Amazing Earth Day Weekend
On Saturday, April 20, almost 100 people cared for our islands by picking up 1,940 pounds of trash. 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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KNOWLEDGE
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Upcoming Workshops at The Exchange
Sew4ZeroWaste Workshops: Saturday, November 16 (2pm-4pm) at The Exchange Annex - contact asifa@exchangeorcas.org November FEATURED Workshop: Upcycling and Repurposing Clothes...
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Docents Make a Difference
ORS has been doing a separation of cardboard pilot program for the past 10 weeks. In order to help customers...
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ORS Separating Cardboard
Orcas Recycling Services has taken a major step in how we recycle, and we could use your help. Since May...
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Recycle 2.0: Cardboard
Beginning in May, Orcas Recycling Services/The Exchange will introduce a new recycling program, focusing on cardboard. One of the large...
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