Local musicians are invited to attend a free recycle and restring event at Parrish Music in Viroqua. This free event will be held on Saturday, November 18, 2017, at 10 a.m. Musicians can bring their old guitar strings for recycling, as well as get their electric or acoustic guitars restrung with new strings, furnished by D'Addario, for free. This is valid with a non-perishable food item.

Just because you'll no longer wear an old shirt doesn't mean you should scrap it. That same shirt could help you carry tomorrow's groceries from the store to your car. Finding innovative uses for goods you no longer need is fun. It's a creative outlet that benefits the environment and can save you money. And, as of two decades ago, it's a process we call upcycling. What is upcycling?

LAVAL, Quebec, Nov., 2017: Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.’s (NYSE: VRXand TSX: VRX) wholly owned subsidiary, Bausch + Lomb announced that its unique ONE by ONE Recycling Program has recycled a combined total of more than one million used contact lenses, blister packs and top foils in less than one year since its launch. Made possible through a collaboration with TerraCycle®, a world leader in the collection and repurposing of hard-to-recycle post-consumer waste, the ONE by ONE Recycling Program has diverted more than 7,000 pounds of waste from landfills.

Laval, Quebec-based Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. has announced its wholly owned subsidiary Bausch + Lomb’s One by One Recycling Program has recycled more than 1 million used contact lenses, blister packs and top foils since its launch in December 2016. Through a partnership with Trenton, New Jersey-based TerraCycle, a leader in the collection and repurposing of hard-to-recycle waste.

One by One Recycling Program has recycled more than 1 million used contact lenses, blister packs and top foils since its launch in December 2016. Laval, Quebec-based Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. has announced its wholly owned subsidiary Bausch + Lomb’s One by One Recycling Program has recycled more than 1 million used contact lenses, blister packs and top foils since its launch in December 2016. Through a partnership with Trenton, New Jersey-based TerraCycle, a leader in the collection and repurposing of hard-to-recycle postconsumer materials, the One by One Recycling Program has diverted more than 7,000 pounds of waste from landfills.

In Park Slope, Brooklyn, the Fifth Avenue Business Improvement District has moved forward with an initiative to install special cigarette receptacles along Fifth Avenue. The bins will collect cigarette and cigar butts, rolling paper, loose tobacco pouches, filters, inner and outer package foiling and ash (cardboard cigarette boxes are not accepted). The waste from the receptacles is collected by TerraCycle, a New Jersey-based company that specializes in recycling items that wouldn’t ordinarily be considered recyclable. The company works with different municipalities around the country and world to install receptacles in order to diversify waste streams.

Young people’s perspectives on consumerism change from one generation to the next. The “GI Generation” was raised during the Great Depression when money was tight, resources were low and everything was valuable, so things got reused. “Baby Boomers” came of age at the dawn of television watching shows like “Leave it to Beaver” and “Ozzie & Harriet,” which showed America how to be consumers. Fast forward to the 80’s when “Generation X” was growing up; it was an age of excess and the concept of the “throw-away society” surged.

Envie d’une jardinière, d’un banc ou d’une table de pique-nique ? Et tout ça en restant consommateur responsable ? C’est maintenant possible avec BIC !

epuis deux ans, les élèves de l'école Sainte-Anne s'investissent dans des opérations de collectes pour recyclage. Avec l'aide d'une entreprise de recyclage (TerraCycle), ils collectent des gourdes de compote et de crème dessert et des capsules et emballages de café. La participation à ce programme de recyclage national permet de collecter des fonds pour aider au financement des projets scolaires.

Baisse des émissions de gaz à effet de serre, préservation des matières premières, création d’emplois… Les bénéfices de l’économie circulaire sont évidents, ce qui pousse de plus en plus de citoyens engagés, de startupers mais aussi de grands groupes à s’engager dans une telle démarche. Présentation des acteurs font de l’économie circulaire une alternative pour le futur.