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Earth Day Weekend 2019 Events

EMPOWERING ISLANDERS TO BUILD A GREENER FUTURE! Saturday, April 20 | Great Island Clean-up at the Village Green in Eastsound from 10am - 2pm Head...

Using 3D Printing for Plastic Reuse

The Orcas Food Co-op, the Funhouse and The Exchange are teaming up to start an exciting plastic recycling project. A generous local donor purchased the...

Trashion Fashion at Earth Day Festival

Join us for the TRASHION FASHION SHOW during the EARTH DAY FESTIVAL Sunday, April 21 at The Orcas Center | 5:30p This is where...

Workshops Coming to The Exchange

When ORS was planning the new Exchange, we committed to using the building for workshops, classes, and events that served our mission of Zero Waste....

Hazardous Waste Roundup March 8th

After years of once-a-year pickups that many of us missed, ORS and San Juan County have finally introduced quarterly collection events managed on-island. Our second...

Where Does All the Food Waste Go?

Posted on February 10, 2019 by Heather Wallace

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Late last year when the nation-wide recycling crisis consumed the news, we decided to push forward on our Recycle 2.0 program, hoping it would advance the conversation about achieving a zero-waste community. Food waste has been…

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Earth Day Weekend 2019 Events

Using 3D Printing for Plastic Reuse

Trashion Fashion at Earth Day Festival

Workshops Coming to The Exchange

Hazardous Waste Roundup March 8th

Where Does All the Food Waste Go?

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