For more information about any of these events, please feel free to contact us.

Saturday, February 25, 2012

The Trashion Show: A costume party

The Trashion Show: A costume party fundraiser for Canyonlands Community Recycling

8:00 p.m. to close
Frankie D'S (44 W 200 N)

Itching for a night of dress up and dancing in Moab? Join us for the Trashion Show, a costume party fundraiser for Canyonlands Community Recycling (CCR)! BE YOUR OWN DESIGNER! Dress up in something recycled, reused, reduced or simply "trashy" and come dancing to the sounds of DJ Logan at Frankie D's on Saturday, February 25, 8:00pm-close. Prizes for best costumes in the recycled, reused, reduced and trashy categories. Proceeds support CCR's education and outreach efforts to minimize waste in our community. Cover charge: $10 if you're in costume; $15 if you aren't. Attendees must be 21 years of age - ID's will be checked at the door. For more information, contact us.

Need some inspiration for what to wear to the Trashion Show?

Here are a few ideas...

San Anselmo artist dresses to get people to think about plastic pollution
Trashion: Fashion with Ethics
New York Designer Finds Fashion in Dumpsters
Eco-friendly Inaugural - Ball Gowns from Garbage
Artpool Trashion Party (for those of you with PBR empties)
Trashion Show: It's in the Bag for Trashion Show Winner
Trashion Softies (perhaps an accessory, or agreeable companion for the Trashion Show...)

CCR Board member Mel Gilles as the bag monster (wearing 500 single-use disposable bags - the same number the average American uses in 1 year!) CCR volunteer Jane Cherryholmes in a stunning egg carton and phone book cover ensemble CCR Board President Penny Jones as large toilet paper roll (accompanied by wee toilet paper roll)
CCR Program Director Rani Derasrary in a unique assemblage of #2 plastics... CCR Board Treasurer Jess Dye as brown glass bottle

Saturday, May 5, 2012

Electronics

Electronics & Household Alkaline Battery Recycling Drive

9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
WabiSabi Thriftique (411 Locust Lane - across from Milt's)

Join Canyonlands Community Recycling and WabiSabi for another responsible collection of household electronics and non-rechargeable* alkaline batteries (eg Energizer and Duracell AA, AAA, C, D and 9-volt batteries). We will again be partnering with Metech Recycling of Salt Lake City, who holds the State contract for electronics recycling as well as the highest certification currently available in the US to verify that recycling is conducted in the US, in a secure, environmentally and socially responsible manner (the "e-Steward" certification). The collection will take place at the WabiSabi Thriftique, 411 Locust Lane, from 9am to 2pm. Charges for recycling most items do apply and a rate sheet will be posted nearer to the event. To give you some idea, at the last collection in November 2011 we charged businesses $0.25/lb for electronics, suggested households do the same, and charged everyone $2.00/lb for batteries.
*Please note that rechargeable batteries can be taken to Royce's Electronics for recycling at any time.

Learn more about electronic waste...

Past Events

Saturday, November 12, 2011

A Feast of India fundraising event for Canyonlands Community Recycling

A Feast of India fundraising event for Canyonlands Community Recycling

7:00 p.m., Eddie McStifff's (banquet room to the left)

Tickets are now on sale for CCR's fundraising dinner! Join us for a great Indian meal, the world premiere of CCR's new recycling video, and a dance performance by Bollywood Moab. Your meal will be prepared by CCR Program Director Rani Derasary and her family, who have roots in Ahmedabad, India. Eddie McStiff's will provide a cash beverage bar. Tickets are $25 and available through November 10 at: the WabiSabi Warehouse, WabiSabi Thriftique, Moab BARKery and Back of Beyond Books. Proceeds support CCR's outreach and education efforts as well as events to empower the Moab community to reduce, reuse and recycle.

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Free screeing of the award-winning documentary Bag It

Free screeing of the award-winning documentary "Bag It"

7 p.m. at Star Hall (159 E Center St)

"Americans use 60,000 plastic bags every five minutes - single-use disposable bags that we mindlessly throw away. But where is "away?" Where do the bags and other plastics end up, and at what cost to our environment, marine life and human health? Bag It follows "everyman" Jeb Berrier as he navigates our plastic world. Jeb is not a radical environmentalist, but an average American who decides to take a closer look at our cultural love affair with plastics. Jeb's journey in this documentary film starts with simple questions: Are plastic bags really necessary? What are plastic bags made from? What happens to plastic bags after they are discarded? Jeb looks beyond plastic bags and discovers that virtually everything in modern society-from baby bottles, to sports equipment, to dental sealants, to personal care products-is made with plastic or contains potentially harmful chemical additives used in the plastic-making process. When Jeb's journey takes a personal twist, we see how our crazy-for-plastic world has finally caught up with us and what we can do about it. Today. Right now."

The Utah Film Circuit: Moab, an initiative of the Grand County Public Library and the Utah Film Center, is offering a monthly screening series featuring the best dramatic and documentary films from around the world. Funding for this screening of "Bag It" has been provided by Moonflower Market and Canyonlands Community Recycling. Utah Film Circuit screenings are made possible by Zions Bank and the George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation. For more information about "Bag It," visit www.bagitmovie.com.

Check out the Bag It Education Resources...