This is an indoor workshop. Masks and social distancing required. About Craft Night: Falling on the last Thursday of each month, Craft Night is a long held tradition led by two of ACR's dedicated core volunteers. Craft Night is not only an opportunity to celebrate the pure...
About Austin Resource Recovery This post is sponsored by our community partner, Austin Resource Recovery, the city department whose mission is to achieve zero waste by providing excellent customer services that promote waste reduction, increase resource recovery, and support the City of Austin’s sustainability efforts. Action Box Learn...
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. This program...
In this workshop, we will use discarded fabric sample books to create one of a kind stuffy friends to share or keep as our own. Kids can practice their fine motor skills by learning how to hand sew, and explore their attention to detail as we...
Using a variety of reuse materials and lots of creativity, participants will have the opportunity to learn about jewelry-making. You'll work with and try out different tools to make multiple pendants and at least one pair of earrings! There may even be time left at...
Stop by the front of the center this Saturday, July 10th for a FREE make & take activity. Volunteer and card-making wonder, Audrey R. will be on hand to show you how to make Christmas cards using treasures from our Bucket Section. This activity is...
The City of Austin’s Circular Austin Showcase connects circular economy businesses and entrepreneurs with potential investors in the region. Circular economy businesses provide sustainable solutions to their customers and practice zero waste within the organization. During this event, these entrepreneurs and business owners will pitch their circular...
The Trash Project, a dance with 24 sanitation workers and 16 large vehicles of Austin Resource Recovery premiered on the misty Mueller tarmac in 2009. The documentary Trash Dance chronicled what it took to make trash trucks and workers dance on that tarmac and how hundreds...
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/arrhomerebate Get free tickets...
Austin Resource Recovery customers can attend a drive-thru distribution event to get a free kitchen compost collector and compostable bags....