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Circular Meet-Ups: Let’s Close the Loop

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Join the City of Austin’s Circular Economy Program for a virtual networking series, Circular Meet-Ups. Happening the first Tuesday of every other month, Circular Meet-Ups provide an opportunity for local business owners, start-ups and sustainability professionals across all industries to connect and learn more about...

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Backyard composting class

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Join the home composting community! Composting is nature's way of recycling. Rather than sending your food scraps and lawn clippings to the landfill, you can turn them into a nutrient-rich fertilizer for your plants, garden or lawn by using a home composting system. Learn more: austintexas.gov/homecompostguide...

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Chicken keeping class

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Join the chicken keeping community! Keeping chickens is a great way to keep your food waste out of the landfill. Chickens can recycle your food scraps. Chicken keeping and composting methods go hand-in-hand to keep food waste out of the landfill while creating healthy soil....

Free

Circular Meet-Ups: Let’s Close the Loop

Online

Join the City of Austin’s Circular Economy Program for a virtual networking series, Circular Meet-Ups. Happening the first Tuesday of every other month, Circular Meet-Ups provide an opportunity for local business owners, start-ups and sustainability professionals across all industries to connect and learn more about...

Free

Zero Waste Block Leader Orientation

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Are you recycling, composting or reusing more than you’re throwing away? Help the City of Austin achieve its goal of reaching zero waste by 2040 by joining Austin Resource Recovery's Zero Waste Block Leader Program. The program connects green-minded community advocates and neighbors to help educate and...

Earth Day Battery Collection

The Union at Easton Park 7604 Solari Drive, Austin, TX, United States

Zero Waste Block Leaders will be answering questions, collecting your used household batteries* for recycling, giving away kitchen compost collectors and more. *car batteries will not be accepted during this event. If you can't make it, you can still recycle your batteries by dropping them off...

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Earth Day Battery Collection: Rutherford Lane

City of Austin, Rutherford Campus 1520 Rutherford Lane, Austin, TX, United States

Austin Resource Recovery staff will be there answering questions, collecting your used household batteries* for recycling, giving away kitchen compost collectors and more. Look for the tent in the parking lot of Building 1. *car batteries will not be accepted during this event. If you can't...

Fix-It Clinic

Camacho Activity Center 35 Robert T. Martinez Jr. St., Austin, TX, United States

At Fix-It Clinics, Austinites are invited to bring their broken household items and learn to repair them with guidance from skilled coaches for free! You can bring electronics, household appliances, clothing or other textiles, and jewelry to the Fix-It Clinic for repair. The next Fix-It...

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Pop-up Kitchen Collector Distribution

City of Austin, Rutherford Campus 1520 Rutherford Lane, Austin, TX, United States

Austin Resource Recovery customers can attend this distribution event to get a free kitchen compost collector. Look for the tent in the parking lot of Building 1. Kitchen collectors are available while supplies last.

Kitchen Compost Collector Giveaway

Walnut Creek Metro Park 12138 N Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX, United States

Austin Resource Recovery customers can attend this distribution event to get a free kitchen compost collector. Look for the Austin Resource Recovery tent near the Havins Field parking lot (the lot furthest from the N. Lamar entrance). Residents will be able to pickup kitchen compost...