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Repurposing Magazine & Newsprint Paper

Sunday, January 15th, 2012

by Catherine Haug, January 13, 2012

Do you have any creative ideas for reusing/repurposing magazine and newsprint paper? Or do you know of an artist or otherwise creative person who does this? Back Porch View Magazine wants ideas for an article in the Spring issue of the magazine.

Contact Chris at 480-6134 or apibooks(at)yahoo(dot)com [Note: address disguised for security.] Or see the magazine’s About Us page for other contact options, or to learn more about the magazine.

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On a related note, one of my memoir chapters will be published in the Spring issue, so be sure to pick one up! For those who don’t know, my memoir is about growing up in 1950s-60s Bigfork, where my parents owned a bar in the village. This chapter is called The Great Cribbage Tournament.

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Upcycling – New Ways to Use Waste

Saturday, October 8th, 2011

by Catherine Haug, October 8, 2011

After posting the newer version of our Repurposing-2011 Video slideshow on YouTube, I investigated other related videos that were offered on the right side of the screen. One in particular caught my eye: “Ideas for Upcycling, Reusing & Recycling – RETRASH”.

‘Upcycling’ is another word for ‘repurposing’, and implies that the new product might be better than the original(s) from which is is made. This is a short 1:40 video; check it out at Ideas for Upcycling, Reusing & Recycling – RETRASH.

You can submit your ‘retrash’ projects on their website: Retrash: Rethinking Waste. If you do that, send a copy to me, too, for a future Repurposing slideshow.


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Unused, Expired Prescription Disposal

Tuesday, October 4th, 2011

by Catherine Haug, October 4, 2011

Do you have expired or unused medications for disposal? DO NOT put them in the trash nor flush them down the toilet, as this method of disposal leads to contaminated ground water and soil. But you do have options:  (more…)

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Dumpster Diving & Repurposing

Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

by Catherine Haug, September 14, 2011

Flathead County wants to curtail all dumpster diving in the county. The cited reasons for the ban have to do with public safety: one can get hurt or sick scrounging in the dumpsters, or attacked by fellow divers who want what you found. But how much of that really happens at our rural drop sites?

Back in June, the County Solid Waste District Board heard public comments (see the minutes for the comments), and on July 1, they adopted a ban on dumpster diving at the Columbia Falls green boxes, as an experiment to be monitored. In August the Daily Inter Lake reported that there has been no significant increase in waste hauled from the Columbia Falls container site.

So it must be OK to continue with the ban, and expand it to other container sites?

Well, not if you support reuse and repurposing. If perfectly useable but cast-off items must not be saved from going to the dump, finding those items for repurposing becomes much more difficult, and possibly expensive. The only reasonable options remaining are yard and rummage sales.

Come to ESP’s Repurposing Show & Tell, Sept 21, to see some great examples of repurposing, and also to discuss the dumpster diving issue.

And for a bit of entertaining reading, see: My LIfe as a (Dumpster) Diver by Natalya Savka, on the Sierra Club website. From the post: “Some people scavenge food from dumpsters not because they need to, but because they hate to see so much go to waste. They bring flashlights and strong stomachs, and are ready to run.”

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Recycling Options in Bigfork

Monday, June 27th, 2011

by Catherine Haug, June 23, 2011

Many of us are already using the Green Machines curbside recycling service in Bigfork, or dropping off recyclables at one of the many drop sites in the valley. Now we also have another curbside service. Here’s a listing of current options: (more…)

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