Comments on: Give it away now http://joanna.briggs.ca/blog/2009/09/18/give-it-away-now/ big UX, little knitter, chief knitting officer Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:10:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joanna http://joanna.briggs.ca/blog/2009/09/18/give-it-away-now/comment-page-1/#comment-19223 Joanna Sat, 07 Aug 2010 00:15:32 +0000 http://joanna.briggs.ca/blog/?p=680#comment-19223 Dethe and Jessica - Thanks for more organizations to hook up with! One more I found today: Musical instrument donations can be made to Girls' Rock Camp Vancouver http://girlsrockcampvancouver.ca/grcv/ (from their site) they're looking for: •Bass Guitars •Bass Amps •Electric Guitars •Guitar Amps •Keyboards •PA’s •Mic’s and Mic cables (mostly vocal mic’s) •patch cords •pedals •random percussive things •tuners Dethe and Jessica – Thanks for more organizations to hook up with!

One more I found today:
Musical instrument donations can be made to Girls’ Rock Camp Vancouver http://girlsrockcampvancouver.ca/grcv/
(from their site) they’re looking for:
•Bass Guitars
•Bass Amps
•Electric Guitars
•Guitar Amps
•Keyboards
•PA’s
•Mic’s and Mic cables (mostly vocal mic’s)
•patch cords
•pedals
•random percussive things
•tuners

]]> By: Jessica http://joanna.briggs.ca/blog/2009/09/18/give-it-away-now/comment-page-1/#comment-18672 Jessica Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:53:43 +0000 http://joanna.briggs.ca/blog/?p=680#comment-18672 This is great! I am a practicum student at Positive Women's Network in Vancouver; a non-profit AIDS Service Organization for women living with HIV/AIDS in BC. I am helping to organize the upcoming Aboriginal Women's Wellness Retreat. We are looking for donations of anything that can be used as bedding like sleeping bags, blankets, pillows, and we even need towels! The women attending come from all walks of life and not everyone has access to these items. We will gladly come pick up any donations in the Vancouver area. Thanks a lot for your support. Jessica This is great! I am a practicum student at Positive Women’s Network in Vancouver; a non-profit AIDS Service Organization for women living with HIV/AIDS in BC. I am helping to organize the upcoming Aboriginal Women’s Wellness Retreat. We are looking for donations of anything that can be used as bedding like sleeping bags, blankets, pillows, and we even need towels! The women attending come from all walks of life and not everyone has access to these items. We will gladly come pick up any donations in the Vancouver area. Thanks a lot for your support.
Jessica

]]> By: Dethe Elza http://joanna.briggs.ca/blog/2009/09/18/give-it-away-now/comment-page-1/#comment-17031 Dethe Elza Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:09:54 +0000 http://joanna.briggs.ca/blog/?p=680#comment-17031 Hi Joanna, Great post, lots of good stuff here. Sometimes when you're decluttering you just want to get rid of stuff (and sometimes when you are getting rid of stuff you just want to keep it out of the landfill, if possible). Here's my list of anti-landfill locations: Safeway: plastic bags Save-on-Foods Changes Depot: bottle, cans, gable-top boxes, juice boxes (not tetra) Mountain Equipment Co-op: polyester clothing, batteries, inkjet cartridges, cellphones http://www.mec.ca/Main/content_text.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302881709#recycling City of Vancouver: Mixed paper, cardboard, some plastics, steel cans, aluminum, glass Liquor Store: bottles that contained alcohol Ikea: compact fluorescents and batteries Grocery stores take back returnable glass milk bottles and other deposit bottles Here are some more links to find info on recycling in Vancouver: Greater Vancouver Garbage, Recycling, and Waste Directory http://www.gvrd.com/recycling/index.html Alternative Disposal & Recycling Locations http://vancouver.ca/engsvcs/solidwaste/landfill/alternative.htm City of Vancouver Recycling info https://vancouver.ca/engsvcs/solidwaste/recycling/index.htm The big one that is missing is composting. Up to 40% of solid waste is potentially compostable. Hi Joanna,

Great post, lots of good stuff here. Sometimes when you’re decluttering you just want to get rid of stuff (and sometimes when you are getting rid of stuff you just want to keep it out of the landfill, if possible). Here’s my list of anti-landfill locations:

Safeway: plastic bags

Save-on-Foods Changes Depot: bottle, cans, gable-top boxes, juice boxes (not tetra)

Mountain Equipment Co-op: polyester clothing, batteries, inkjet cartridges, cellphones
http://www.mec.ca/Main/content_text.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302881709#recycling

City of Vancouver: Mixed paper, cardboard, some plastics, steel cans, aluminum, glass

Liquor Store: bottles that contained alcohol

Ikea: compact fluorescents and batteries

Grocery stores take back returnable glass milk bottles and other deposit bottles

Here are some more links to find info on recycling in Vancouver:

Greater Vancouver Garbage, Recycling, and Waste Directory
http://www.gvrd.com/recycling/index.html

Alternative Disposal & Recycling Locations
http://vancouver.ca/engsvcs/solidwaste/landfill/alternative.htm

City of Vancouver Recycling info
https://vancouver.ca/engsvcs/solidwaste/recycling/index.htm

The big one that is missing is composting. Up to 40% of solid waste is potentially compostable.

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