The rise of repair: Why you should visit a Repair Café
ElectroRecycle began collaborating with repair cafés several years ago to encourage the repair of small appliances and power tools and promote the 5 R’s of the waste reduction hierarchy: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repair, and Recycle. It’s been so exciting to see the rise of repair both globally and right here in British Columbia. Repair communities…
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Tips and tricks to step into a zero waste lifestyle
ElectroRecycle is all about encouraging British Columbians to consider the “5 Rs” of waste management: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repair and finally, Recycle. We support initiatives that help us move into a zero-waste lifestyle, such as local Repair Cafes, where we’ve been inspired to learn how to give a second life to broken items. These events…
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RecycleFest + Lunapads: Meet the sustainable Vancouver brand committed to a ‘socially just’ way of business
We’re excited! Our favourite recycling event of the year is just weeks away. RecycleFest is back for 2019 on July 13th at Vancouver’s Trout Lake. It’s set to be a day dedicated to celebrating sustainable living, reducing and repairing, with (as the name suggests) plenty of opportunities to recycle! You can bring your old, broken or…
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A hop, skip, and a jump: Vancouver Island North
As ElectroRecycle Summer Ambassadors, we get to spend a lot of our time traveling throughout British Columbia. Our objective, this time, was to visit communities located in the North of Vancouver Island. We travel to recycle small appliances and power tools, and therefore, ensure proper management of end-of-life products. On our way to Nanaimo Last…
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Recycling in the Kootenays
To kick off the last leg of the 2019 Summer Ambassador Tour, we headed east for a recycling adventure in the Kootenays! On our first day, we enjoyed a beautiful trek through Kelowna, taking the time to visit the recycling locations we had missed on our previous trip through the Okanagan. Grand Forks expressed an…
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Sea-to-Sky Recycling
As ElectroRecycle summer ambassadors, we are gearing up for our Sea-to-Sky recycling adventure to reach new communities and raise awareness about the importance of small appliances and power tools recycling. During the Victoria Day long weekend, we journeyed along the twisty highway to attend the Squamish and Whistler Farmers Markets. We managed to feel worlds away from…
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Repair tips to save you money
We all try to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle as much as we can, but it seems like we’re still forgetting something. Refuse, Rethink and Repair are now commonly added to that list. People often lament to us at collection events about the good old days of the neighborhood repair shop that could fix anything. The days of cheap…
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Delta School Recycling Challenge 2017
It’s time for our third annual Delta school district Recycling Challenge! During the ElectroRecycle Challenge, we invite schools to recycle as many small appliances and power tools as possible for a whole week! The winning school gets $1000 and a school-wide pizza party! Amazing, right?! So, who is the winner this year? This year’s participants…
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Don’t toss it, fix it! at Port Coquitlam Repair Cafe
We had the pleasure to collaborate with the City of Port-Coquitlam who launched their first-ever Repair Cafe on June 1, 2019. Upon arrival at the Repair Cafe, Mahdis immediately welcomed us with her contagious smile and positive energy. Mahdis Araujo, Engineering and Public Works Program Ambassador, decided to put this event together and offer the community…
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A mysterious item for recycling
This weekend, the ElectroRecycle Summer Ambassadors hit the road to spread the word about electrical product recycling in the Okanagan. ElectroRecycle partners with recycling depots all over British Columbia. Along the way, they stopped at Planet Earth Recycling, one of the depots that accept electrical products for recycling. There, they met recycling superstar Paul, who showed…
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Our west coast adventure
Earlier this month we took the ElectroRecycle mobile on a new adventure to the west coast of Vancouver Island. We had the opportunity to return to the community of Ahousaht and pair up with the local First Nation band to recycle and raise awareness about the program. Ahousaht is located on Flores Island, a 40-minute boat ride northwest…
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Our visit to Comox Valley Regional District Landfill
This year, we had the opportunity to drive to the Comox Valley Regional District Landfill. Below is the sight we got when we drove on top of the mountain of trash. About 100 feet in the air, and just as deep, there was an omnipresence of birds. In fact, there was the highest density of…
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Recycling on the Sunshine Coast
As ElectroRecycle Summer Ambassadors, we get to spend a lot of our time traveling throughout British Columbia. Our objective is to visit new communities, raise awareness about the importance of recycling small appliances and power tools, and of course, to collect end-of-life products responsibly
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The ElectroRecycle Mail-in Recycler
This is the greatest thing to happen to recycling since the addition of the other R’s. If you live in Invermere, BC, you’ll be receiving your very own ElectroRecycle Mail-in Recycler in your mailbox. This is the easiest way to recycle your broken small appliances and power tools. It’s simple to use and it’s free.…
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