BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4670368:Event:66884 DTSTAMP:20260427T231146Z SUMMARY:Postponed until March: *February Plastic Recycling in Kits Vil lage DESCRIPTION:Postponed. See comments below.\nOur January plastic recycl ing event in Kits was so successful and popular that we've decided tha t there's enough demand for a plastic collection in February. However, to ensure that we will have enough plastics, please RSVP BEFORE Febru ary 10 if you think you'll have plastics to drop off that day so that we can gauge the demand ahead of time.\nAlso, please notice that you m ay be able to drop off plastics ahead of time (if everything is sorted very well). The location will be in Kitsilano and we'll send the exac t address out to those who RSVP a few days ahead of time. In addition, we have set the date for the collection for Wednesday February 15, bu t this could change closer to date. Feel free to e-mail Malin at hanse n@zoology.ubc.ca if you have questions regarding the collection.\nHere 's a brief summary from the January collection:\nAbout 10-12 people co ntributed to the January plastic recycling collection. Many of those p eople also sat down to share a meal with neighbours. This is a great w ay to get to know your neigbours and get rid of all the plastics that build up at home. Many people expressed that saving plastic items that can't be recycled through the city program, i.e. plastic bags, wraps, styrofoam etc. made them realize how much plastics they actually use and usually throw in the garbage. We, therefore, believe that these re cycling events have several purposes. 1st of all, people may start to think about how to REDUCE the amount of plastics they use and REUSE as much as possible. Second, we allow people to recycle the items that c annot be reused. Third, the collection event seemed to spark an intere sting and very important conversation about our use of plastics. There are many ways to reduce the amount of plastics used. If you have idea s, please share them with everyone!\nThe collection of recyclables wen t very smoothly. We had about eight medium sized transparent plastic b ags set up, one for each plastic category (1. soft plastics, i.e. any plastic bags, wraps or packaging, 2) hard plastics, i.e. any hard plas tics, but w/metal parts etc. removed, 3) styrofoam blocks, 4) styrofoa m containers, i.e. cups and food take out containers, 5) styrofoam pea nuts and other \"soft\" styrofoam, 6) wax lined beverage containers, 7 ) milk cartons (separate from other beverage containers), 8) foil line d bags packaging and wraps). We managed to gather about 10 medium size d bags of plastics which was just about enough to make the collection worth it. The Pacific Mobile Depot (http://www.pacificmobiledepots.com ) charges $5/large bag and only pick up plastics from neighbourhood gr oups if there is at least $30 worth of plastics.\nFor the February col lection event we'll try to make the collection event smoother! Here's how you can help: BEFORE YOU ARRIVE: 1) Please RSVP on the Village Van couver website. This is important because we may not be able to reques t the pickup until at least 10 people RSVP. 2) Sort your plastics into the above eight categories. If you bring items that you do not know h ow to sort, please put those into a separate bag as well. 3) Only brin g items that are CLEAN, i.e. no food products left in any bags or cont ainers, beverage containers will have to be rinsed well and aired out, ESPECIALLY MILK CONTAINERS). WHEN YOU ARRIVE: 1) When you arrive, put your plastics into the appropriate category bag. Ask organizers for h elp if you do not know how to sort when you arrive. 2) Everyone who br ings plastics will pay a minimum of $3 for their plastics. If they fil l more than one medium sized garbage bag, they will pay $5. This way w e will be able to pay the depot at least $30 for the pickup and cover expenses of collection bags etc.  Again if you have any questions ple ase don’t hesitate to e-mail Malin at hansen@zoology.ubc.ca\n\nFor m ore information visit http://villagevancouver.org/events/february-plas tic-recycling-in-kits DTSTART:20120216T023000Z DTEND:20120216T043000Z CATEGORIES:kitsilano, plastic, recycling LOCATION:TBA WEBSITE: URL: CONTACT: ORGANIZER;CN="Malin Hansen":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/MalinH ansen ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg": ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN=barb:http ://villagevancouver.org/profile/barbradlgruber ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Jackie C hueng":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/JackieChueng ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="P Hammer ":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/PHammer ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="vanessa schwartz":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/vanessaschwartz ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Elizabet h MacDougall":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/ElizabethMacDougall ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN=Elaine:ht tp://villagevancouver.org/profile/Elaine ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Charlott e A Roth":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/CharlotteARoth ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Mary Ben nett":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/MaryBennett ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Village Vancouver":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/VillageVancouver ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Ross Mos ter":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/RossMoster ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN=Melanie:h ttp://villagevancouver.org/profile/Melanie ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Jocelynn Rodrigues":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/JocelynnRodrigues ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Malin Ha nsen":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/MalinHansen ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=TENTATIVE;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Communi ty Arts":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/CommunityArts END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR