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Olympia Freestore |
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Free exchange of clothing, books, small household items |
| West Side Coop |
| Rogers and Bowman, West
Olympia |
| 1.
The Voice
available On Line saves us printing, paper and mailing costs. If you would
like to receive The Voice on line, and not in the mail, please contact
our office:
info@theunitedchurches.org |
| 2.
Information for
Communion Servers, Lay Leaders, Ushers and Greeters is available on
line. This saves printing, paper and mailing costs. |
| 3. Please recycle your paper and
aluminum cans in the
appropriately marked receptacles. We recycle anything we can recycle. |
| 4. Recycling used
Inkjet Cartridges |
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We have also changed to a new ink jet, cell phone, and laser jet
recycling company that is local, in Lacey WA. Did you know that "Every year
nearly 2 billion cartridges are packed into the earth's landfills. By utilizing
a remanufactured cartridge, you will be helping to save the earth...one
cartridge at a time." Rapid Refill Ink:
www.rapidrefillink.com
will handle your needs and are helping us generate an income.
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The container is colorful, waiting for your contributions. Money
generated by your donations will go to the Wellspring Covenant budget
for future endeavors. Please bring your used ink cartridges and just put
them into the container. There are also some coupons on the side of the
container where you can go and get recycled ink jet cartridges for your
printers. We are excited about this new opportunity to recycle items we
all use, instead of filling the landfill.
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Other great organizations that do
responsible recycling are
http://www.eccorecycles.com
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| LRC Recycling: Laser and Inkjet
Cartridges and Cell Phones |
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http://www.laserrecycle.com
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Questions? Contact Pat Sonnenstuhl at
cnmpat@comcast.net or 943-8933. |
| 5. Recycling used
computers |
| If you know of someone that
recycles computers, let us know. |
| 6. Sharing our abundant
garden overflow
with our congregations. Many in our congregation
grow their own vegetable garden, and buy locally, from the Farmer's
Market, or local Community Gardens. |
| 7.
Using paper
for coffee instead of Styrofoam cups. We are working towards using ceramic
cups for all our events, as ceramic is best !! |
8. Remember the
Building Materials
Drop off Center
at the Hawks Prairie Transfer Station. They accept good reusable
building materials of all sorts are then sold at the Sound Builders
Re-Source store downtown, which is run by Habitat for Humanity. The
whole operation keeps perfectly good stuff out of the landfill, and
provides lower cost materials for folks, and benefits HFH. Here's the
link for more information: |
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Thurston County Department of Water and Waste Management |
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http://www.co.thurston.wa.us/wwm/ |
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Master Recycler Program |
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Free Guides and Publications |
| 9.
2good2toss |
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http://www.2good2toss.com |
| Technically known as an online
materials exchange, 2good2toss is a convenient way to exchange small or
large quantities of used or surplus building materials and large
household items. |
 Anyone
can browse for items. To post you must be a resident of a participating
community. |
| 10.
Studying our earth and
ways we can honor our earth through our adult education classes. |
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11. Recycle packing materials |
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12. The Olympian has frequent columns about recycling. Help us
save our planet ! |
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Every Tuesday in Living, we'll help you fill in the blanks on
where to dispose of everything from electronics to hazardous materials.
If you have any creative ideas for reducing, reusing or recycling,
contact Sarah Jackson at 360-704-6871 or
sajackso@olympia.gannett.com. |
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Thanks
to all of your for your efforts to help us save trees,
energy, landfill and money !! We honor our spiritual
covenant with the earth through our