Hennepin County presents Choose to Reuse! Every year in Hennepin County, 32 million pounds of usable clothing and household goods are thrown away. Choose to Reuse encourages residents to reuse and help reduce the volume of waste thrown away.
Information
- Location:
- Minneapolis, MN, 55401
- Phone:
- (612) 348-3777
- Mon - Fri:
- 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Hennepin County Choose to Reuse Once Christmas and the holidays are done, it is a great time to go through your decorations you didn't put up because you don't like them anymore. While charities prefer receiving them before the holidays, the pick up services will take them any time of the year.
www.recycleminnesota.org
NEW!! Holiday Lights Recycling Program! 15,000 pounds recycled since December 3rd! Program Partners: WCCO, Xcel Energy, Snyders Drug and CERTs. Thank you for supporting recycling efforts in Minnesota! We offer FREE pick up and recycling for your unwanted holiday lights and electrical cords in Minnes...
Hennepin County Choose to Reuse Better Futures Enterprises is holding a Huge Warehouse/Garage Sale! Cold Building/Hot Prices! Bring Your Truck, Trailer, Van, SUV. Couches, Chairs, Dressers, Tables, Lamps and much more for sale! Saturday, December 12th 8:00 a.m. to 2:00+ p.m. 6390 Industrial Drive, Eden Prairie. Just west of 494 near Hwy 62. Cash Onl...y See website for contact information on more details.
Hennepin County Choose to Reuse Now that winter has arrived, be sure to clean and properly store all of your gardening tools, outdoor furniture, lawn mowers and more. As you know, properly maintaining items keeps them in working order for a longer period of time, but our outdoor items like hand tools are often forgotten about until spring. Simply sea...rch "garden tools maintenance" on the web for many tips and resources.
Hennepin County Choose to Reuse Tomorrow is the last day to use your Choose to Reuse Today coupons. Take a look in your coupon book to make sure you don't miss a great deal!
Hennepin County Choose to Reuse
Reuse opportunities can be more than donating used goods or shopping. Consider volunteering for a non-profit organization who gives used items to those in need or uses reuse as a way to raise funds for their mission.
Check the Choose to Reuse Directory for listings of non-profits that take donations and check out their ......web sites for volunteer options. They'll be grateful, and you'll help support reuse by volunteering!
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Hennepin County Choose to Reuse What is the ultimate gift for any occasion? A family heirloom of course. Whether it be your grandmother's wedding ring, family history book, piece of furniture, dinnerware or family photos, you can't go wrong!
Hennepin County Choose to Reuse Our latest fun find? Reusable produce bags sold at Lund's and Byerly's in the produce section. Pack of 3 bags, 1 oversized and 2 standard for $5.99. These nylon bags are hand or machine washable! Look for other brands of reusable produce bags at your local coops and natural food stores!
Hennepin County Choose to Reuse
The holiday decorations are now out in every store. What to choose? Something reusable of course! There are beautiful gift boxes and bags, even plastic totes work great too for 'wrapping' your presents.
Top 5 things you can do:Give gifts that conserve natural resources
Use reusable tableware
Buy LED lights
Recycle
Reuse gi...ft wrap supplies
Be sure to check out "Greening Your Celebrations" brochure to get more simple tips on how to reduce waste at the holidays, or any celebration!
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On an average day, a typical Minnesotan creates roughly seven pounds of waste. But from Thanksgiving to New Years Day, household waste increases by more than 25%. Added food waste, packaging, wrapping paper and decorations - it adds up to one million tons a week to the nation's garbage piles.
Reusable bags are in the marketplace wherever you go. Retailers are not only selling them, but are adding incentives to make sure you bring them back to use again. What a great way to start a new habit...
Hennepin County Choose to Reuse We still have plenty of coupons to hand out, and all locations have coupon books available. If you haven't done it yet, make sure you stop in and grab a book, and one for a friend! Coupons are good until November 30, 2009. Spread the word! Why? Because there has never been a better time to reuse!
Hennepin County Choose to Reuse While the Choose to Reuse Today coupon book has terrific clothing stores with great deals, be sure to check out the coupons for repair services, lawn equipment and party supply rental, used camera sales, Halloween costumes and ink jet refilling!
Joe Skifter PPL SHOP has taken in more coupons in the first 5 days of "choose to reuse" than we did in ALL of last years promotion. People LOVE IT!!
The reuse industry is widespread and ranges from more traditional establishments such as local thrift stores and antique shops to more recent, dynamic operations such as computer refurbishers and reusable building material outlets...
